Yuyao is a county-level city in the north-east of Zhejiang province in China, under the jurisdiction of the sub-provincial city of Ningbo. Its name is written 余姚 in simplified Chinese characters and 餘姚 in traditional characters, and is romanised as Yuyao in pinyin. The city is located about forty kilometres west of central Ningbo and about one hundred and twenty kilometres east of Hangzhou, and its northern boundary borders Hangzhou Bay. Yuyao covers an area of 1,527 square kilometres, so it is a county-level city of considerable extent.
Facts
Founding Year Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. citypopulation.de: China: Zhejiang (Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map
citypopulation.deTable of counties and county-level cities, 2020 census columnQuote, Table of counties and county-level cities, 2020 census column
Yúyáo Shì County-level City 余姚市 852,719 1,010,659 1,254,032
2. Wikipedia (Chinese): 余姚市
Wikipedia (Chinese)Lead paragraph, history of the county townQuote, Lead paragraph, history of the county town
建安五年（公元200年）始筑县城
3. Opentopodata (SRTM, ASTER, EU-DEM elevation API): SRTM 90 m elevation at 30.05, 121.15
Opentopodata (SRTM, ASTER, EU-DEM elevation API)Elevation result for the city coordinatesQuote, Elevation result for the city coordinates
"elevation": 42.0
4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 30.25, 121.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 30.25, 121.25
30.25 121.25 Cfa
5. GeoNames: Yuyao - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 1785545, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)Quote, cities500 record 1785545, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
30.05 121.14944 P PPLA3 CN 02 3302 1785543 114177 59 Asia/Shanghai
Yuyao (Wikipedia)
On Continent: Asia, Lead paragraph, location
county-level city in the northeast of Zhejiang province, China
Part Of: China, Lead paragraph, location
county-level city in the northeast of Zhejiang province, China
In Group: Cities of Eastern Asia (World), Lead
is a county-level city in the northeast of Zhejiang province, China
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