Tongxiang

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Tóngxiāng Shì
桐乡 市
Tongxiang
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Wuzhen
Tongxiang (China)
Tongxiang
Tongxiang
Coordinates 30 ° 38 ′  N , 120 ° 33 ′  E Coordinates: 30 ° 38 ′  N , 120 ° 33 ′  E
City Wall (1887)
City Wall (1887)
Basic data
Country People's Republic of China
region East china
province Zhejiang
status District-free city
structure 3 street districts, 9 large municipalities, one municipality
surface 727 km²
Residents 815,848 (2010)
density 1,122.2  Ew. / km²
Post Code 314504, 314505
Telephone code +86 (0) 573
Time zone China Standard Time (CST)
UTC +8
Website www.tx.gov.cn

Tongxiang ( Chinese  桐乡 市 , Pinyin Tóngxiāng Shì ) is an independent city with 660,000 inhabitants (2004) in the north of the Wu- speaking province of Zhejiang in the People's Republic of China . It has a total area of ​​723 km² and belongs to the administrative area of ​​the district-free city of Jiaxing . Tongxiang has a problem with water pollution .

Administrative structure

At the community level, Tongxiang is composed of three street districts, nine large communities and one community. These are:

  • Road quarter Wutong (梧桐街道), seat of the city government;
  • Road quarter Fengming (凤鸣街道);
  • Quarter Road Long Xiang (龙翔街道);
  • Greater community Puyuan (濮院镇);
  • Greater Tudian Community (屠 甸 镇);
  • Greater community Gaoqiao (高桥镇);
  • Greater community Heshan (河山镇);
  • Greater community Wuzhen (乌镇镇);
  • Greater community Shimen (石门镇);
  • Greater Dama Municipality (大麻 镇);
  • Greater community Chongfu (崇福镇);
  • Greater community Zhouquan (洲泉镇);
  • Tongfu Township (同 福 乡).

Demographics

In the 2000 census, Tongxiang had 713,399 residents. Of these, 99.30% were Han Chinese , 0.25% Miao , 0.22% Tujia , 0.04% Zhuang , 0.04% Bouyei , 0.03% Yi , 0.02% Dong , 0.01% Hui and 0.09% other ethnic group of China.

Town twinning

A partnership with Bandırma in Turkey has existed since 2002 .

Web links

Commons : Tongxiang  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Kardeş Şehirler. Retrieved April 20, 2019 .