Xihu

Xihu District is an of , , China. It was named after , which is in its jurisdiction.
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  • Type: City with 908,000 residents
  • Description: district of Zhejiang Province, China
  • Also known as: “Xihu District” and “Xihu, Hangzhou”

Places of Interest

Highlights include China National Tea Museum (Shuangfeng) and Lingyin Temple.

Museum
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The China National Tea Museum is located in , province, . The exhibitions display tea production, and different kinds of tea. Exhibitions are in Chinese and English languages.

Buddhist temple
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is a prominent Chan Buddhist temple near that is renowned for its many pagodas and grottos. Its name is commonly and literally translated into English as Temple of the Soul's Retreat.

Museum
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The , also known as Zhejiang Memorial Museum of Revolutionary History, is the provincial museum of , China, located in .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Longjing and Zhaohui.

Village
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, literally "dragon well", is a name applied to a number of locations and products from the southwestern region of the city of in province, China.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Xihu

Latitude
30.2617° or 30° 15′ 42″ north
Longitude
120.1257° or 120° 7′ 32″ east
Population
908,000
Elevation
10 metres (33 feet)
Open location code
8Q22746G+M7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 244085108
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
6607381
Wiki­data ID
Q155441
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Xihu” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ضاحية الشيخو”
  • Basque: “Xihu Barrutia”
  • Basque: “Xihu”
  • Catalan: “Xihu”
  • Cebuano: “Xihu Qu (gatos sa Republikang Popular sa Tsina, Zhejiang Sheng)”
  • Cebuano: “Xihu Qu”
  • Chinese: “Sai-ô͘-khu”
  • Chinese: “Xīhú Qū”
  • Chinese: “西湖”
  • Chinese: “西湖区”
  • Chinese: “西湖區”
  • Dutch: “Xihu District, Hangzhou”
  • French: “district de Xihu”
  • French: “District de Xihu”
  • French: “Xihu”
  • Gan Chinese: “西湖区”
  • German: “Xihu”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Sî-fù-khî”
  • Indonesian: “Distrik Xihu, Hangzhou”
  • Indonesian: “Distrik Xihu”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Xihu”
  • Italian: “Xihu”
  • Japanese: “西湖”
  • Japanese: “西湖区”
  • Kannada: “ಕ್ಸಿಹು, ಹ್ಯಾಂಗ್‌ಝೌ”
  • Kannada: “ವರ್ಷ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆ”
  • Korean: “시후구”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Sai-ô͘-khu”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Xihu”
  • Norwegian: “Xihu”
  • Russian: “Сиху”
  • Spanish: “Xihu”
  • Swedish: “Xihu, Hangzhou”
  • Swedish: “Xihu”
  • Urdu: “شیہو ضلع، ہانگژو”
  • Urdu: “شیہو ضلع”
  • Vietnamese: “Tây Hồ, Hàng Châu”
  • Vietnamese: “Tây Hồ”
  • Welsh: “Ardal Xihu”
  • Wu Chinese: “西湖区（杭州市）”
  • Wu Chinese: “西湖区”
  • Yue Chinese: “西湖區”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include 西湖区政府 and West Lake District Branch of Hangzhou Municipal Public Security Bureau.

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