What was the name of Hangzhou before?

Hangzhou used to be called Lin 'an, Qiantang and Wulin.

Hangzhou has a history of more than 2200 years since the establishment of the county government in Qin Dynasty. It was the capital of Wu Yueguo and the Southern Song Dynasty. Because of its beautiful scenery, it is known as "paradise on earth". Due to the convenience of the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal and trade ports, as well as its own developed silk and grain industries, Hangzhou was once an important commercial distribution center in history.

Later, relying on the opening of Shanghai-Hangzhou Railway and other railway lines and the promotion of Shanghai's import and export trade, light industry developed rapidly. Since the new century, driven by high-tech enterprises such as Alibaba, Internet economy has become a new economic growth point in Hangzhou.

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Location of Hangzhou:

Hangzhou is located in the south wing of China Yangtze River Delta, the west end of Hangzhou Bay, the lower reaches of Qiantang River and the southern end of Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. It is an important central city in the Yangtze River Delta and a transportation hub in the southeast of China. The geographical coordinates of Hangzhou are11821'-kloc-0/2030' and 291'-3033' north latitude. The geographic coordinates of the city center are 120 12' east longitude and 30 16' north latitude.

The city origin (zero kilometer sign) is located at the coordinate origin of Weizi Garden in Shangcheng District. The coordinate origin of Weizi Garden is the center of Hangzhou from 19 13. Buildings, roads, water systems and places of interest in a city can all indicate their orientation and distance from the origin.

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