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{{Short description|City in Zhuji, Zhejiang, China}}

'''Datang''' is a township-level district of the city of [[Zhuji]] ({{zh|t=諸暨|s=诸暨|p=Zhūjì}}) south of [[Hangzhou]] — the capital of [[Zhejiang]] Province — in the [[People's Republic of China]].

'''Datang''' ({{zh|s=大唐|p=Dàtáng}}) is a town in [[Zhuji]], [[Zhejiang]] Province, China.

==History==

The region around Zhuji has been settled since [[Neolithic]] times and was the origin of the [[Baiyue|Wuyue culture]]. During the [[Spring and Autumn Period]], it was the birthplace of the legendary beauty [[Xi Shi]]. After the [[Yue (state)|state of Yue]] was absorbed into the unification of China, [[Qin Shi Huang]] formally codified the boundaries of Zhuji as a [[Counties of the People's Republic of China#History|county]] in 222 BC. This status remained intact until 1989, when the State Council reclassified Zhuji as a city.

==Sock City==

By the early 1980s, the township had a population of 1,000. Designated as an industrial development zone, it quickly developed as a hosiery industry centre, becoming known as '''Sock City'''. TheBy 2008, the town nowwas produceproducing 8eight billion pairs of [[socks]] each year,<ref name=CRI/> a third of the world's sock production, effectively creating two pairs of socks for every person on the planet onfor the year 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=httphttps://www.guardian.cotheguardian.ukcom/business/2012/sep/09/sock-city-decline-china-economy|title=Sock City's decline may reveal an unravelling in China's economy|publisher=[[The Guardian]]|date=8 September 2012|accessdate=8 September 2012}}</ref> As a result, the population has boomed to 60,000, with over 100,000 employed in the area in the industry via other local towns and villages.<ref name=CRI>{{cite web|url=http://english.cri.cn/4026/2008/05/25/[e-mail]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090311020603/http://english.cri.cn/4026/2008/05/25/[e-mail]|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 11, 2009|title=Largest Sock Production Town in China|publisher=cri.cn|date=2008-05-25|accessdate=8 September 2012}}</ref>

==References==

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{{County-level divisions of Zhejiang}}

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[[Category:Township-level divisions of Zhejiang]]

[[Category:SocksZhuji]]

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