Jiaxing

Jiaxing 嘉兴市 Kashing
Prefecture-level city
Location of Jiaxing City jurisdiction in Zhejiang
Jiaxing Location in eastern China Show map of Eastern China Jiaxing Jiaxing (China) Show map of China
Coordinates (Jiaxing municipal government): 30°44′49″N 120°45′22″E / 30.747°N 120.756°E / 30.747; 120.756
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Zhejiang
County-level divisions	7
Township-level divisions	75
Municipal seat	Nanhu District
Government
• CPC Secretary	Zhang Bing
• Mayor	Mao Hongfang
Area
• Prefecture-level city	4,008.76 km2 (1,547.79 sq mi)
• Urban	986.9 km2 (381.0 sq mi)
• Metro	986.9 km2 (381.0 sq mi)
Population  (2020 census)[1]
• Prefecture-level city	5,400,868
• Density	1,300/km2 (3,500/sq mi)
• Urban	1,518,654
• Urban density	1,500/km2 (4,000/sq mi)
• Metro	1,518,654
• Metro density	1,500/km2 (4,000/sq mi)
GDP[2]
• Prefecture-level city	CN¥ 551 billion US$ 73.6 billion
• Per capita	CN¥ 102,541 US$ 15,695
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Area code	573
ISO 3166 code	CN-ZJ-04
License Plate Prefix	浙F
Website	Official website

Jiaxing
"Jiaxing", as written in Chinese
Simplified Chinese	嘉兴
Traditional Chinese	嘉興
Wu	Gāshīng [kɑɕiŋ]
Postal	Kashing
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Jiāxīng Wade–Giles Chia-hsing Wu Romanization Gāshīng [kɑɕiŋ] Yue: Cantonese Jyutping gaa1hing1 Southern Min Hokkien POJ Ka-Hing

Jiaxing (simplified Chinese: 嘉兴; traditional Chinese: 嘉興; pinyin: Jiāxīng; Wade–Giles: Chia-hsing), alternately romanized as Kashing, is a prefecture-level city in northern Zhejiang province, China. Lying on the Grand Canal of China, Jiaxing borders Hangzhou to the southwest, Huzhou to the west, Shanghai to the northeast, and the province of Jiangsu to the north. As of the 2020 census, its population was 5,400,868 and its built-up (or metro) area made of 2 urban districts was home to 1,518,654 inhabitants.^[3]