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Zhejiang Province


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Province Overview
Chinese Spelling 浙江
PronouncedZheh-jahng
Old SpellingChekiang
Population45,930,651 (2000)
54,426,891 (2010)
62,923,131 (2020)
Area39,300 sq. miles (101,800 sq. km)
Population Density1,601 people per sq. mile (618 per sq. km)
Highest Elevation6,329 feet (1,929 meters)
Capital CityHangzhou 5,162,093
Largest Cities (2010)Wenzhou: 2,686,825
Ningbo: 2,583,073
Taizhou: 1,189,276
Cixi: 1,059,942
Rui'an: 927,383
Yiwu: 878,903
Jiaxing: 762,643
Administrative DivisionsPrefectures: 11
Counties: 90
Towns: 1,570
Major Ethnic Groups (2000)Han Chinese: 45,535,266 (98.8%)
She: 170,993 (0.5%)
Tujia: 55,310 (0.2%)
Miao: 53,418 (0.2%)
Bouyei: 21,457 (0.1%)
Hui: 19,609 (0.1%)
Articles
Introduction to Zhejiang Province
Early Christians in Zhejiang
The Boxer Rebellion (1900)
Letters from Zhejiang (1990s)
Letters from Zhejiang (2000s)
Testimonies:
1840s
1850s
1860s & 1870s
1880s
1890s
1900s
1910s & 1920s
1930s
1940s & 1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
The Future of the Church in Zhejiang (2020s)
Key Christians:
Bao Youyi (c.1800 - 1874)
Walter Lowrie (1820 - 1847)
Zia Ying Tong (1825 - 1895)
Wang Laijun (1829 - 1901)
Hudson Taylor (1832 - 1905)
George Stott (1835 - 1889)
James Meadows (1835 - 1914)
William Rudland (1839 - 1912)
Widow Liu (c. 1850 - 1900)
Ren Chengyuan (1852 - 1929)
William Soothill (1861 - 1935)
Grace Stott (1867 - 1909)
Dora Yu Cidu (1873 - 1931)
Huang Detang (1885 - 1981)
John Sung (1901 - 1944)
Miao Zizhong (1916 - 1989)
Miao Zhitong (1942 - 2013)
People Group Profiles
Han Chinese, Wu

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