Hangzhou (Chinese： 杭州； Hanyu Pinyin: Hángzhōu; Wade-Giles: Hang-chou) is a sub-provincial city in China, and the capital of Zhejiang province. Located 180 km southwest of Shanghai, the population in the city proper is now 1.75 million. By the end of 2003, Hangzhou had a registered population of 6.4 million including an urban registered population of 3.9 million. As one of the most renowned and prosperous cities in China for much of the last 1,000 years, Hangzhou is also well known for its beautiful natural scenery, with the West Lake (Xī Hú， 西湖) as the most noteworthy location.
Hangzhou is located in northern Zhejiang province, eastern China, at the southern end of the Grand Canal of China, on the plain of the mid-lower reaches of the Yangtze River (Cháng Jiāng). The prefecture-level region of Hangzhou extends west to the border with the hilly-country Anhui Province, and east to the flat-land Hangzhou Bay. The city centre is built around the eastern and northern sides of the West Lake, just north of the Qiantang River.
2.用英文介绍杭州Hangzhou is the capital and most populous city of Zhejiang Province in East China.It sits at the head of Hangzhou Bay, which separates Shanghai and Ningbo. Hangzhou grew to prominence as the southern terminus of the Grand Canal and has been one of the most renowned and prosperous cities in China for much of the last millennium. The city's West Lake, a UNESCO World Heritage Site immediately west of the city, is among its best-known attractions.Hangzhou is classified as a sub-provincial city and forms the core of the Hangzhou metropolitan area,the fourth-largest in China.During the 2010 Chinese census, the metropolitan area held 21.102 million people over an area of 34,585 km2 (13,353 sq mi).Hangzhou prefecture had a registered population of 9,018,000 in 2015.In September 2015, Hangzhou was awarded the 2022 Asian Games. It will be the third Chinese city to play host to the Asian Games after Beijing 1990 and Guangzhou 2010.Hangzhou, an emerging technology hub and home to the e-commerce giant Alibaba, also hosted the eleventh G-20 summit in 2016.Hangzhou's climate is humid subtropical with four distinctive seasons, characterised by long, very hot, humid summers and chilly, cloudy and drier winters (with occasional snow).angzhou began to prosper and flourish in the Tang Dynasty (618-907). It was the capital of the Wu and Yue States in the 10th Century during the Five Dynasties Period, and had its political heyday in the Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279), when it served as the capital of China. Hangzhou witnessed a commercial boom in the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) Dynasties, which is continuing at present. 翻译：杭州是中国东部浙江省的首都和人口最多的城市。
它位于杭州湾的顶部，杭州湾将上海和宁波分开。杭州作为大运河的南端，在上个千年的大部分时间里，一直是中国最著名、最繁荣的城市之一。
该市的西湖，联合国教科文组织世界遗产立即在城西，是最著名的景点之一。 杭州被划为次省级城市，是中国第四大城市杭州都市区的核心。
在2010年中国人口普查中，杭州城区拥有21102万人口，面积34585平方公里（13353平方英里）。2015的人口达到9018000。
2015年9月，杭州被授予2022届亚运会。它将是继1990年北京和2010年广州之后第三个举办亚运会的中国城市。
杭州，一个新兴的技术中心，电子商务巨头阿里巴巴的所在地，也在2016年主办了第十一届G 20峰会。 杭州属亚热带湿润气候，四季分明，夏季漫长、炎热、潮湿，冬季寒冷、多云、干燥（偶尔下雪）。
唐朝（618-907）开始兴盛兴盛。在五代时期，它是10世纪吴越国的首都，在南宋（1127-1279）成为中国的首都时达到政治鼎盛时期。
杭州在明朝（1368年至1644年）和清朝（1644-1911）时期出现了商业繁荣。扩展资料 从鸦片战争后的百余年间，国力不振，民生凋敝，杭州城市年久失修，工商业也困难重重，西湖的不少景点，大多残破不堪，有的已经废圮。
1949年5月3日，杭州市才获得新生。50年代以后，杭州的区域范围经历了不断变化。
先是将原有的八区改名为上城区、中城区、下城区、江干区、西湖区、艮山区、拱墅区、笕桥区；其后，艮山区并入下城区，笕桥区并入江干区，中城区大部分并入上城区，小部分并入下城区。 ，1958年4月杭县撤销作为杭州市郊区，1960年1月建立钱塘联社，1961年3月余杭县并入杭州钱塘联社，成立新的余杭县。
1990年初，半山区又与拱墅区合并，成立新的拱墅区。1994年，杭州升格为副省级城市。
1996年12月12日，杭州市新设立滨江区。属县则有萧山、桐庐、余杭、临安、建德、富阳、淳安七个县（市）。
2001年3月12日，杭州市政府正式宣布，经**和浙江省人民政府批准，撤销萧山市和余杭市，同时设立萧山区和余杭区，与杭州市原6个区一起构成一个新杭州，调整后的杭州新市区由原来的6个区增加到8个区。
