The city has a land area of 11,784 square kilometers and a sea area of about 11,000 square kilometers.
Administrative divisions
The city has 3 districts of Lucheng, Longwan and Ouhai, 2 cities of Rui'an and Yueqing, and 6 counties of Yongjia, Dongtou, Pingyang, Cangnan, Wencheng and Taishun, and there are 119 towns, 143 townships and 30 street offices.
Population
At the end of 2004, the city's total household population of 7,461,900 people, of which the urban population of 1,371,400 people. The natural population growth rate was 8.30 per thousand.
Landscape
Wenzhou's terrain slopes in a trapezoidal shape from the southwest to the northeast, stretching over the Donggong, Cuocang and Yandang mountain ranges. Baiyunjian in Taishun, with an elevation of 1,611 meters, is the highest peak in the city. The landform can be divided into the western low and medium mountains, the central low hills and basins area, the eastern plains and mudflats area and coastal islands area.
Coast
Wenzhou sea is vast, long and winding coastline, from Yueqing Lake fog to Cangnan Yunting *** 355 kilometers, the formation of rock, Yueqing Bay and other natural harbor.
Beaches
Wenzhou has about 800,000 acres of coastal beaches.
Ocean
Wenzhou is a big city of ocean. Marine biological resources are abundant, coastal mudflat farming area of 65,000 hectares, farming razor clams, arkshells, oysters, shrimp, crabs, clams and so on. Nanji Island has more than 490 kinds of shellfish and algae, which is a national marine nature reserve. The main fishing grounds along the coast are Dongtou, Beiji, Nanji, Yueqing Bay, etc. There are more than 370 kinds of fish, such as scallop, yellow croaker, eel, pomfret, horse scallop, herring, and calcium fish.
Hydrology
The larger water systems in Wenzhou include the Oujiang River, Feiyunjiang River, and Aojiang River, all of which are injected into the East China Sea from west to east. The eastern plains area is crisscrossed with rivers, as dense as a spider's web, and there are more than 150 rivers of various sizes. According to the estimation of the water conservancy department, the total water resources of the city is 14.113 billion cubic meters.
Climate
Wenzhou is known for its mild climate, belonging to the central subtropical monsoon climate zone, with significant alternation of winter and summer monsoons, abundant rainfall, abundant sunshine and four distinct seasons. The average annual temperature is about 18 degrees Celsius, the average annual precipitation is 1,500 to 1,800 millimeters, and the average annual frost-free period is 275 to 280 days.
Transportation
Highway
The national highway trunk line with the three lines of the coastal corridor (Tongshan City, Heilongjiang Province to Sanya City, Hainan Province) runs through the entire territory of Wenzhou. Jinhua - Lishui - Wenzhou highway will be through in 2005, Shaoxing Zhuji - Wenzhou Yongjia highway has been at the end of 2004 to start construction. 2004 the end of Wenzhou highway mileage of 5,455 kilometers, of which 182 kilometers of highway, 155 kilometers of highway, the second, third-class road 1,220 kilometers. The city has 4857 administrative villages with highways, and the access rate is 81.6%.
Railways
The Jinwen Railway, which has been completed, and the Wenfu Railway, the construction of which has already begun, as well as the Ningbo-Wenzhou Railway, the construction of which is about to begin, form a longitudinal and transverse railroad network in Wenzhou. The largest passenger station of Jinwen Railway, Wenzhou Station has become a first-class railroad station with a daily average of more than 20,000 passengers. Wenzhou West Station, the largest freight station of Jinwen Railway, has an annual cargo throughput of more than 4 million tons.
Sea transportation
Wenzhou Port is one of the 20 main hub ports along the coast of China. At present, it has four major harbor areas, including the old harbor area in downtown, Yangfushan harbor area, Longwan harbor area and Qili harbor area. Has begun construction of the Zhuangyuanao harbor area reclamation project with a total investment of about 1.1 billion yuan. The total length of the shoreline of Zhuangyuanao deep-water port area reaches 4.8 kilometers, with 17 deep-water berths, which will form the throughput capacity of 3 million standard containers and 40 million tons of goods per year. The natural water depth of the inlet channel reaches 15 meters, which can reliably berth 100,000-ton ships and transport and unload second-generation containers. After the completion of the port, will focus on international containers and bulk shipping, Wenzhou to the international market through the sea channel.
Civil Aviation
Civil Aviation Wenzhou Yongqiang Airport is located in Wenzhou Oujiangkou south bank, 24 kilometers away from the city center, good air-conditioning, 4D-level airport, can meet the B767, A300 the following types of aircraft landing and taking off. It has opened 64 domestic and Hong Kong routes, and the cities of Shanghai, Guangzhou, Beijing, Shenzhen, Chengdu, Haikou, Chongqing, Kunming, Urumqi, Harbin and other big cities in China. in 2004, the airport guaranteed 30,200 safe takeoffs and landings, with a throughput of 2,480,000 passengers, and 40,000 tons of cargo and mail.
Language
Mandarin
Dialects; Wenzhou local language, Minnan language, barbarian language, Jinxiang language and some minority languages
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