Quzhou

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Location of Quzhou's in Zhejiang

Quzhou ( Chinese  衢州 市 , Pinyin Qúzhōu Shì ) is a district-free city with 2.16 million inhabitants (2016) and an area of ​​8836.52 km². It is located in the west of the Zhejiang Province in the People's Republic of China .

The urban population of Quzhou is 422,688 people.

During the Second World War , Japanese troops used bacteriological weapons in Quzhou, which spread plague , typhoid and other diseases in Quzhou, as well as in Ningbo and Changde . As a result, more than 300,000 Chinese civilians fell ill in the area from 1940 to 1948, and an estimated 50,000 people died in Quzhou alone.

Administrative structure

At the district level, Quzhou is made up of two districts, one urban district and three districts. These are:

  • Kecheng District - 柯城区Kēchéng Qū ;
  • Qujiang City District - 衢江 区Qújiāng Qū ;
  • Jiangshan City - 江山 市Jiāngshān Shì ;
  • Changshan County - 常山 县Chángshān Xiàn ;
  • Kaihua County - 开化 县Kāihuà Xiàn ;
  • Circle Longyou -龙游县Longyou Xiàn .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jonathan Watts: Japan guilty of germ warfare against thousands of Chinese The Guardian , August 28, 2002;
    Justin McCurry: Japan's sins of the past The Guardian , October 28, 2004.

Coordinates: 28 ° 58 '  N , 118 ° 52'  E