, is a
prefecture-level city in central
Zhejiang province in
eastern China. It borders the provincial capital of
Hangzhou to the northwest,
Quzhou to the southwest,
Lishui to the south,
Taizhou to the east, and
Shaoxing to the northeast. Its population was 5,361,572 at the 2010 census including 1,077,245 in the built-up area made of two urban districts even though Lanxi City is also being conurbated soon. One can notice that the cities of
Dongyang and
Yiwu are now in the same agglomeration, a built-up area of 2,038,413 inhabitants bigger than the one of Jinhua itself.