Fuyang, Zhejiang
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Coordinates: 30°3′33″N 119°56′45″E / 30.05917°N 119.94583°E
Fuyang
Fuyang on the map of China
Fuyang (Chinese 富阳, pinyin fù yáng) a county-level city under jurisdiction of Hangzhou, the provincial capital of Zhejiang province. 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 at Hangzhou. The city is the birthplace of modern Chinese short story writer and poet Yu Dafu.
As of 2002, it has a population 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 was born in Fuyang on June 13, 1986.
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