East China
East China is a key area of China historically, politically, and economically. Over a thousand years ago, this area was the main terminus of the Maritime Silk Road, and traded extensively with Japan and Southeast Asia.Essential Destinations
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East China
- List of regions of the People’s Republic of China
- …is also known as “Huadong”
- Description: geographical and cultural region of China
- Category: region
- Location
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Latitude of center
36° north
Longitude of center
118.5° or 118° 30′ east
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“East China” goes by many names.
شرق الصينArabic
China del EsteAsturian
HuadongBavarian
Усходні КітайBelarusian
পূর্ব চীনBengali
হুয়াতুংBengali
Източен КитайBulgarian
Est de la XinaCatalan
HuadongCatalan
Xina de l’EstCatalan
Subangan na TsinaCentral Bikol
中国华东Chinese
华东Chinese
华东地区Chinese
華東Chinese
華東地區Chinese
Chua-tungCzech
Východní ČínaCzech
HuadongDutch
Oost-ChinaDutch
Orienta ĈinioEsperanto
აღმოსავლეთ ჩინეთიGeorgian
აღმოსავლეთი ჩინეთიGeorgian
Ανατολική ΚίναGreek
מזרח סיןHebrew
पूर्वी चीनHindi
Tiongkok TimurIndonesian
Cina orientaleItalian
東支Japanese
東支那Japanese
華東Japanese
화둥Korean
화둥 지구Korean
China TimurMalay
Hôa-tangMin Nan Chinese
HuadongNorwegian
HuadongNorwegian Bokmål
شرق چینPersian
China de EstRomanian
HuadongRomanian
Восток КитаяRussian
Восточный КитайRussian
Östra KinaSwedish
கிழக்கு சீனாTamil
Doğu ÇinTurkish
مشرقی چینUrdu
Cina orientałeVenetian
Đông Trung QuốcVietnamese
Hoa ĐôngVietnamese
Miền Đông Trung QuốcVietnamese
Dwyrain TsieinaWelsh
مشرقی چینWestern Panjabi
華東Wu Chinese
華東Yue Chinese
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