Yuhang is one of ten urban districts of the

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, the capital of Zhejiang Province,

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. Its 2013 population was estimated at 1.17 million. Its inhabitants speak both Mandarin and a variety of

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, a Wu dialect. On April 9, 2021,

Linping District Linping is a district of the prefecture-level city of Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang Province, East China. It officially become a district on April 9, 2021. Linping District has a total area of 280 Square kilometers as of April 2021. Linping ...

was established consists of the former Yuhang subdistricts of Linping, Donghu, Nanyuan, Xingqiao, Yunhe, Qiaosi, Chongxian and the Town of Tangxi. The district contains the remains of

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settlements from the Liangzhu period. Prior to the expansion of modern

, Yuhang formed a separate city. It is the earliest settlement recorded in the area of present-day Hangzhou. Chinese scholars traditionally interpreted its name as a mistake for " Yu's Ferry" (), after the legendary account of

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's gathering of his

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at Mount Kuaiji around This is now thought to be a

folk etymology Folk etymology (also known as popular etymology, analogical reformation, reanalysis, morphological reanalysis or etymological reinterpretation) is a change in a word or phrase resulting from the replacement of an unfamiliar form by a more famili ...

and Yuhang ( is almost certainly an ancient transliteration of an old Baiyue name. Yuhang was part of

Kuaiji Commandery Kuaiji Commandery (Chinese: t , s , p ''Kuàijī Jùn''), formerly romanized as K'uai-chi Commandery, was a former commandery of China in the area of Hangzhou Bay. When first established, its capital was at Wu (present- ...

prior to the growth of Hangzhou following the 7th-century construction of the Sui's Grand Canal. It was then administered from Hangzhou. Yuhang is the largest district of Hangzhou. The administration center of Yuhang District is Linping, which is a subcenter of Hangzhou located in the northeast side of downtown area. It connects with the downtown via Metro Line 1. The famous tourist attractions here include Liangzhu Culture Museum, Jingshan Tea and Buddhist Monastery, Tangxi Ancient Town, The Grand Canal, Chaoshan Scenic Area, Tianducheng Resorts and Xixi National Wetland Park.

Administrative divisions

Subdistricts: * Renhe Subdistrict (仁和街道),

Liangzhu Subdistrict Liangzhu or Liang Zhu may refer to: ;Written as 良渚 * Liangzhu culture, Neolithic culture in the Yangtze River Delta of China ;Written as 梁祝 * Butterfly Lovers The Butterfly Lovers is a Chinese legend of a tragic love story of a pair ...

(良渚街道),

Wuchang Subdistrict Wuchang Subdistrict (五常街道) is a subdistrict of Yuhang District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by ...

(五常街道), Yuhang Subdistrict (余杭街道),

Xianlin Subdistrict Xianlin University City (), colloquially known as Xianlin (), is a community in Nanjing, China, featuring a bunch of leading higher education institutions. It is located in the middle of Qixia District and to the northeast of Purple Mountain, 15 k ...

(闲林街道), Cangqian Subdistrict (仓前街道), Zhongtai Subdistrict (中泰街道) Towns: * Pingyao (瓶窑镇), Jingshan (径山镇), Luniao (鸬鸟镇), Huanghu (黄湖镇), Baizhang (百丈镇)

References

External links

Official website of Yuhang District Government
Geography of Hangzhou Districts of Zhejiang {{Zhejiang-geo-stub