City Facts


Mayor: Cai Qi

Province: Zhejiang
 
Population: 6,400,000
 
Urban Population: 3,931,900
 
Total municipal area: 16,847 km² (6,504.7 sq mi)


 
Where: 30° 10' N 120° 07' E
 
Time: GMT+8
 
Currency: Yuan (CNY)
 
Phone Area Code:  + 86-571-
 
Airport: Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport (HGH) 15 kilometres from the city centre in Hangzhou.
 
Main Railway Station: Located at Jiancheng Road
 
Districts & counties:  Binjiang, Gongshu, Jianggan, Shangcheng, Xiacheng, Xiaoshan, Xihu and Yuhang. County-level cities: Fuyang, Jiande and Lin’an. Counties: Chun’an and Tonglu. 
 
Climate: Hot and humid summers, cool dry winters.  Average temperature in July is +33˚C and +8˚C in January.
 
Sister cities:  Boston – USA, Leeds – Great Britain. Matsue Shimane – Japan, Gifu – Japan, Baguio – Philippine, Fukui – Japan, Jeonnam – Korean, Nice – France, Paramaribo – Suriname, Budapest – Hungary, Shemesh – Israel,  Agadir – Marocco, Canberra – Australia, Capetown - South Africa, Montego Bay – Jamaica, Kazan – Russia, Lalitpur – Nepal.