Fuyang a county-level city

County-level city

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 under jurisdiction of Hangzhou

Hangzhou

Hangzhou , formerly transliterated as Hangchow, is the capital and largest city of Zhejiang Province in Eastern China. Governed as a sub-provincial city, and as of 2010, its entire administrative division or prefecture had a registered population of 8.7 million people...

, the provincial capital of Zhejiang

Zhejiang

Zhejiang is an eastern coastal province of the People's Republic of China. The word Zhejiang was the old name of the Qiantang River, which passes through Hangzhou, the provincial capital...

 province

Province

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. Fuyang is located on the Fuchun (富春) River, a 285 mile (459 km) long lower stream of Qiantang River, an important commercial artery, it flows NE to the East China Sea

East China Sea

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 at Hangzhou

Hangzhou

Hangzhou , formerly transliterated as Hangchow, is the capital and largest city of Zhejiang Province in Eastern China. Governed as a sub-provincial city, and as of 2010, its entire administrative division or prefecture had a registered population of 8.7 million people...

. The city is the birthplace of modern Chinese short story writer and poet Yu Dafu

Yu Dafu

Yu Dafu . Born in Fuyang, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, was a modern Chinese short story writer and poet.-Early years:...

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As of 2002, it has a population

Population

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 of approximately 680,000. It has 1,808 square kilometers of land. It is in the northwest section of Zhejiang.

Chinese Olympic rower Sun Jie

Sun Jie

Sun Jie is a male Chinese rower, who will compete for Team China at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-Major performances:*2006 National Spring Champions Tournament - 1st LM1X;*2006 National Championships - 1st LM1X;...

was born in Fuyang on June 13, 1986.