Keqiao District

Keqiao District (simplified Chinese: 柯桥区; traditional Chinese: 柯橋區; pinyin: Kēqiáo Qū), formerly Shaoxing County, is a district of the city of Shaoxing in Zhejiang province, China.

Keqiao

柯桥区
District
Ke Bridge (柯桥)
Keqiao
Location in Zhejiang
Coordinates: 30°04′55″N 120°29′41″E
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceZhejiang
Prefecture-level cityShaoxing
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)

Geography

Keqiao District, located in the south of Yangtze Delta, meets Shanghai in north, Hangzhou in west and Ningbo in east. It is 20 km (12 mi) from Xiaoshan International Airport, 230 km (140 mi) to Pudong International Airport and 150 km (93 mi) to Ningbo port. It has an area of 1,177 km2 (454 sq mi).

Administrative divisions

Subdistricts:[1]

  • Keqiao Subdistrict (柯桥街道), Keyan Subdistrict (柯岩街道), Huashe Subdistrict (华舍街道), Hutang Subdistrict (湖塘街道)

Towns:

  • QiXian (齐贤镇), Qianqing (钱清镇), Sunduan (孙端镇), Fuquan (福全镇), Ma'an (马鞍镇), Pingshui (平水镇), Anchang (安昌镇), Wangtan (王坛镇), Lanting (兰亭镇), Jidong (稽东镇), Lizhu (漓渚镇), Fusheng (富盛镇), Taoyan (陶堰镇), Xialü (夏履镇), Yangxunqiao (杨汛桥镇)

Demographics

Keqiao District contains 302 administrative villages, 70 neighborhood committees (community), and has a registered population of 714,600 and a non-registered population of 606,800.

Economy

Keqiao District has experienced rapid economic and social development, and repeatedly entered the top ten counties. In 2008, the county's GDP reached 60.8 billion yuan with a growth rate of 8.8% from 2007, per capita GDP reached RMB 85,368 yuan (US$12,075); financial revenues reached 7.57 billion yuan, of which the local financial revenue 3.85 billion yuan, respectively, an annual increase of 13.0% and 17.5%, total fixed asset investment of 24.2 billion yuan, an annual increase of 12.9%, of which 14.1 billion yuan of industrial inputs, an annual growth of 0.2%; urban residents per capita disposable income reached 26,155 yuan, the per capita net income of farmers 13,372 yuan, respectively, the average annual growth of 12.5% and 12.6%.

References
  1. "绍兴市-行政区划网 www.xzqh.org" (in Chinese). XZQH. Retrieved 2012-05-24.
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