Tonglu County () is a
county
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of
Zhejiang Province
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,
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, it is under the administration of the
prefecture-level city
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of
Hangzhou
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, the capital of Zhejiang.
The subdivisions of Tonglu County include a
She ethnic township.
The county is famous for the home of founders of four separate express delivery and logistics companies, known as Kuaidi in Chinese, including (STO Express), (Yunda), (YTO Express) and (
ZTO Express
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). They are called China's Kuaidi Tonglu Gang ().
Administrative divisions
Subdistricts:
*
Tongjun Subdistrict (桐君街道),
Jiuxian Subdistrict (旧县街道)
Towns:
*
Fuchunjiang (富春江镇),
Hengcun (横村镇),
Fenshui (分水镇),
Fengchuan (凤川镇),
Baijiang (百江镇),
Yaolin (瑶琳镇),
Jiangnan
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(江南镇)
Townships:
*
Zhongshan Township (钟山乡),
Xinhe Township (新合乡),
Hecun Township Hecun may refer to:
* Hecun, Handan (和村镇), town in Fengfeng Mining District, Handan, Hebei, China
* Hecun, Jiangshan (贺村镇), town in Jiangshan, Zhejiang, China
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(合村乡),
Eshan She Ethnic Township (莪山畲族乡)
Climate
Transportation
The county is served by
Tonglu railway station.
References
External links
Tonglu County government's official website
Geography of Hangzhou
County-level divisions of Zhejiang
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