Chinese Name: 义乌 (yì wū)
Population: 818362
Area: 1,105 square kilometers (about 426 square miles)
Location: in the central area of Zhejiang, east China
Area Code: 0579
Zip Code: 322000
GDP (2019): CNY 142.114 billion (USD 20.60 billion)
The World's Capital of Small Commodities
Yiwu, subordinate to the Jinhua City of Zhejiang Province, is located in the central part of Zhejiang Province. It is 55 kilometers (34 miles) from urban Jinhua and 158 kilometers (98 miles) from Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang Province. Known as the world's capital of small commodities, Yiwu is the world's largest wholesale market of small commodities which has 236 categories and more than 1.8 million kinds of commodities. They are exported to more than 210 countries and regions. So most of the people from abroad you see in Yiwu are businessmen rather than tourists. And the place where they will visit is Yiwu Commodity City which consists of the Yiwu International Trade City, the Huangyuan Clothing Market and the Binwang Market. All kinds of goods such as clothes, toys, accessories, furniture and electronic products can be found there. To cater to the city's prosperous economy and accelerating its urbanization, the city has developed a number of public facilities, including star-rated hotels, convenient transportation and amusement places.
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