Yuecheng
Yuecheng District is a county-level district which forms the core of the municipality of Shaoxing, Zhejiang, in the People's Republic of China. It encompasses all of downtown Shaoxing and the immediately surrounding areas, including the former Yue base beside Mount Kuaiji and the imperial Chinese capital of Kuaiji Commandery.- Type: City with 1,020,000 residents
- Description: district of Zhejiang Province, China
- Also known as: “Shaoxing”, “Shaoxingshi Qu”, “Yuecheng District”, and “Yuecheng, Shaoxing”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Cai Yuanpei’s Former Residence and Dashan Pagoda.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shaoxing.
Yuecheng
- Categories: district of China and locality
- Location: Shaoxing Shi, Zhejiang, East China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
29.9833° or 29° 58′ 60″ north
Longitude
120.6127° or 120° 36′ 46″ east
Population
1,020,000
Elevation
10 metres (33 feet)
Open location code
7QX2XJM7+83
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=city
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Yue Chinese—“Yuecheng” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Yuecheng barrutia”
- Cebuano: “Yuecheng Qu”
- Chinese: “Yuèchéng Qū”
- Chinese: “绍兴市区”
- Chinese: “越城”
- Chinese: “越城区”
- Chinese: “越城區”
- Dutch: “Yuecheng”
- French: “district de Yuecheng”
- French: “District de Yuecheng”
- French: “Yuecheng”
- Gan Chinese: “越城区”
- German: “Yuecheng”
- Hakka Chinese: “Ye̍t-sàng-khî”
- Italian: “Distretto di Yuecheng”
- Japanese: “越城区”
- Korean: “웨청구”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Oa̍t-siâⁿ-khu”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Yuecheng”
- Norwegian: “Yuecheng”
- Persian: “ناحیه یوشنگ”
- Russian: “Юэчэн”
- Spanish: “Yuecheng”
- Swedish: “Yuecheng”
- Vietnamese: “Việt Thành, Thiệu Hưng”
- Vietnamese: “Việt Thành”
- Welsh: “Ardal Yuecheng”
- Wu Chinese: “越城区”
- Yue Chinese: “越城區”
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