Shengzhou (), formerly Shengxian or Sheng County, is a
county-level city
A county-level city () is a County-level divisions of China, county-level administrative division of the China, People's Republic of China. County-level cities have judiciary, judicial but no legislature, legislative rights over their own local or ...
in central
Zhejiang
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, south of the
Hangzhou Bay, and is the south-eastern part of the prefecture-level city of
Shaoxing
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. It is about 1.5 hours drive from the provincial capital of
Hangzhou
Hangzhou, , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ; formerly romanized as Hangchow is a sub-provincial city in East China and the capital of Zhejiang province. With a population of 13 million, the municipality comprises ten districts, two counti ...
through the Hangzhou-Ningbo, Shangyu-Sanmen Expressway.
As of the 2020 census, its population was 675,226, but 1,094,262 lived in the built-up area made of Shengzhou City and Xinchang County largely being conurbated.
Economy
The city is the national and international top producer of ties.
Art
Shengzhou is the origin of the
Yue opera, the second most popular
Chinese opera
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.
Administrative divisions
As of 2020, Shengzhou is divided into 4
Subdistricts, 10
Towns
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The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...
and 1
Township
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.
Subdistricts
*Shanhu Subdistrict (剡湖街道)
*Sanjiang Subdistrict (三江街道)
*Lushan Subdistrict (鹿山街道)
*Pukou Subdistrict (浦口街道)
Towns (镇, ''zhen'')
*Ganlin (甘霖)
*Changle (长乐)
*Chongren (崇仁)
*Huangze (黄泽)
*Sanjie (三界)
*Shihuang (石璜)
*Gulai (谷来)
*Xianyan (仙岩)
*Jinting (金庭)
*Xiawang (下王)
Township (乡, ''xiang'')
*Guimen (贵门)
Climate
Transportation
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Shengzhou North railway station
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Shengzhou Xinchang railway station
Food
Shengzhou is famous for its variety of local snacks and southeast China style dishes. Examples include: Xiaolongbao (小笼包), Doufubao (豆腐包), Youtiao, and Shengzhou Chaoniangao (嵊州炒年糕).
References
County-level cities in Zhejiang
Shaoxing
National Civilized City
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