Quzhou
Quzhou (衢州) is a city in Zhejiang province, China. It is located on the upper course of the Qiantang River. Its territory borders Fujian in the south, Jiangxi in the west and Anhui in the north. The municipality covers 8836.52 square kilometres.
Geography
The centre of Quzhou sits on a broad agricultural plain based on the Qiantang River (钱塘江). The river is known locally as the Qu River (衢江). It flows roughly southwest for 81.5 kilometres and is flanked on both sides by hills. Almost all the rivers of Quzhou feed into the Qiantang system, which ultimately empties into typhoons blow in from the Pacific Ocean.
People
As of 2003, Quzhou municipality registered a population of 2,413,500. The vast majority are Han Chinese (99.16%) but there are also small minorities of She (0.73%) and Hui, Zhuang, Manchu and Miao (together making up 0.1%). Most of the people in Quzhou are engaged in agriculture (2,035,100). The sexes are roughly evenly split. Population density is 273 people per kilometre.
