Where is Tongxiang?

Tongxiang is located in the northern part of Zhejiang Province, in the hinterland of Hangjiahu Plain, and belongs to Jiaxing City.

Tongxiang is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Zhejiang Province, which is managed by Jiaxing City. It is located in the northern part of Zhejiang Province, in the hinterland of Hangjiahu Plain. East of Shanghai 13 1 km, north of Suzhou 74 km, west of Hangzhou 65 km, living in the golden triangle of Shanghai, Hangzhou and Jiangsu. The city covers a total area of 727 square kilometers and governs 3 streets and 8 towns. By the end of 20 19, the urban built-up area reached 52.7 1 km2. According to the data of the seventh census, as of 0: 00 1 1 in June 2020, the permanent population of Tongxiang was 1029754.

Tongxiang is one of the second batch of pilot areas in Zhejiang high-quality development and common prosperity demonstration zone; It is a national cultural model city, the hometown of China folk art (comics), the hometown of China calligraphy, the hometown of China photography, the hometown of China director, the hometown of Chinese literature, the hometown of China martial arts and the hometown of China new drama. It is also the host and awarding place of Wuzhen Drama Festival, Chinese and Foreign Prose Awards, Mao Dun Literature Newcomer Award and Xu National Photography Exhibition, which also attracted Zhejiang media.

Architectural evolution:

1949 In May, Tongxiang and Chongde were successively liberated. After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), both Chongde County and Tongxiang County belong to Jiaxing area.

1958165438+10. In October, Chongde County was merged into Tongxiang County.

1970 Jiaxing area was changed to Jiaxing area, and Tongxiang county was subordinate to Jiaxing area.

1983 Jiaxing was revoked and divided into Jiaxing City and Huzhou City, and Tongxiang County was subordinate to Jiaxing City.

1993, Tongxiang was removed from the county to set up a city, which belongs to Jiaxing city.