Shaoxing
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Shaoxing is a prefecture-level city in Zhejiang, with administrative division code 330600; a city in Zhejiang, associated with Lu Xun's early life.

## Administrative status

Shaoxing is part of [Zhejiang](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/zhejiang-330000.html) (province)[^mca2023].

## Subdivisions

6 county-level or higher divisions[^mca2023]:

- [Yuecheng District](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/yuecheng-330602.html) (district, 330602)
- [Keqiao District](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/keqiao-330603.html) (district, 330603)
- [Shangyu District](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/shangyu-330604.html) (district, 330604)
- [Xinchang County](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/xinchang-330624.html) (county, 330624)
- [Zhuji](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/zhuji-330681.html) (county-level city, 330681)
- [Shengzhou](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/shengzhou-330683.html) (county-level city, 330683)

## Basic facts

- Administrative division code: 330600[^mca2023]
- Area: 8,279.08 km²[^wikidata]
- Population: 5.27 million (2020)[^wikidata]

## History

- Replaced 绍兴专区[^wikidata].

## Metro

Metro lines[^cptond]:

- [Line 1 (Shaoxing Metro)](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/concepts/shaoxing-metro-line-1.html)
- [Line 2 (Shaoxing Metro)](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/concepts/shaoxing-metro-line-2.html)

Shaoxing is linked from biographies such as [Lu Xun](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/people/lu-xun.html).

Updated: 2026-10-25

Tags:
- 中国近现代 https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/tags/modern-china.html
- 行政区划 https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/tags/admin-division.html

Relations:
- Located in: Zhejiang https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/zhejiang-330000.html (依据民政部2023年县以上行政区划代码的隶属层级。)
- Contains places: Yuecheng District https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/yuecheng-330602.html (依据民政部2023年县以上行政区划代码的隶属层级。)
- Contains places: Keqiao District https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/keqiao-330603.html (依据民政部2023年县以上行政区划代码的隶属层级。)
- Contains places: Shangyu District https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/shangyu-330604.html (依据民政部2023年县以上行政区划代码的隶属层级。)
- Contains places: Xinchang County https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/xinchang-330624.html (依据民政部2023年县以上行政区划代码的隶属层级。)
- Contains places: Zhuji https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/zhuji-330681.html (依据民政部2023年县以上行政区划代码的隶属层级。)
- Contains places: Shengzhou https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/shengzhou-330683.html (依据民政部2023年县以上行政区划代码的隶属层级。)
- Born here: Wu Chengquan https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/people/wu-chengquan-q18906733.html
- Born here: Zhou Zuoren https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/people/zhou-zuoren-q198051.html
- Born here: Emperor Duzong of Song https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/people/emperor-duzong-song-q7498.html
- Born here: Zhou Xin https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/people/zhou-xin-q848794.html
- Born here: Lu Xun https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/people/lu-xun.html

Sources:
- Shaoxing (Wikipedia, sample reference) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaoxing
- 2023年中华人民共和国县以上行政区划代码（民政部） https://www.mca.gov.cn/mzsj/xzqh/2023/202301xzqh.html 代码 330600 绍兴市
- Wikidata Q42666 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42666
- 绍兴市（维基百科） https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%BB%8D%E5%85%B4%E5%B8%82
- CPTOND-2025 — Wang, Liang 等 (CC BY 4.0) https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.29377427.v2