is a
prefecture-level city in northern
Zhejiang province,
China. Lying south of the
Lake Tai, it borders
Jiaxing to the east,
Hangzhou to the south, and the provinces of
Anhui and
Jiangsu to the west and north respectively. At the 2010 census, its population was 2,893,542 inhabitants whom 757,165 lived in the built-up (
or metro) area made of Wuxing District as Nanxun District is not being conurbated yet.