Lishui is a prefecture-level city in the southwest of Zhejiang province, China, with a total population of about 2.5 million. Its name translates to Beautiful Waters, and it borders Quzhou, Jinhua and Taizhou to the north, Wenzhou to the southeast and Fujian province to the southwest. Human settlement in the area dates back roughly 4,000 years to the Liangzhu culture, and a prefecture named Chuzhou was established there in 589 during the Sui Dynasty before the area was renamed Lishui County in 779.
Facts
Area (sq km) Population Estimate Year Longitude119.916667 degrees east 1 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Lishui (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
population 2,507,396 (2020)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 28.45, longitude 119.916667
P2046 (area)
area 17275.2 sq km
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 2507396 (2020)
View the Source2. GeoNames: Lishui - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 1803245
28.46042 119.91029 P PPLA2 CN 02 3311 451418 72 Asia/Shanghai
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 72 m
View the Source 3. 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 28.25, 119.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 28.25, 119.75
28.25 119.75 Cfa
Wikidata: China
On Continent: Asia, Wikidata item for China, property P30 (continent)View the Source Lishui (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Eastern Asia (World), Wikipedia lead / Wikidata P17, confirms city and countryView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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