Wenzhou (chn)

Wenzhou

Wenzhou ranks 1,843rd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Hattiesburg, Mississippi, Alton, Illinois, and Jutland. Memorable people born in Wenzhou include Jin Midi, Zhou Daguan, and Tang Wei. Wenzhou has been the birth place of many chess players and politicians. Wenzhou is located in China.

Wenzhou is a prefecture-level city in China's Zhejiang province. Wenzhou is located at the extreme southeast of Zhejiang, bordering Lishui to the west, Taizhou to the north, and the province of Fujian to the south. The area consists of mostly mountainous terrain, as well as hundreds of islands off the East China Sea coast, which is nearly 355 kilometres in length. It is said that the city's land is 70% mountains, 20% farmland, and 10% water. At the time of the 2010 Chinese census, 3,039,500 people lived in Wenzhou's urban area. The greater Wenzhou prefecture, which also includes three satellite cities and six counties, had a population totalling 9,122,100, of which 31.16% are residents originally from outside of Wenzhou. Read more on Wikipedia