Place details
Place nameZhejiang
Other namesChekiang, Che-chiang
CountryZhonghua
Latitude29
Longitude120
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
The smallest, most densely-populated province of China; a cultural center of early China; its chief city, Hangzhou was national capital under Sung dynasty; became center of Mangi, the empire of S China, after Mongol conquest 1280.