Hang-chow, a Chinese town, a treaty-port since the recent war with Japan; is at the mouth of the Tsien-tang at the entrance of the Imperial Canal, 110 m. SW. of Shanghai; it is an important literary, religious, and commercial centre; has flourishing silk factories, and is noted for its gold and silver ware.
Population (circa 1900) given as 800,000.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
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