page_title: Wu Chinese-speaking people
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Wu Chinese-speaking people / History
caption_attribution_description: Español: Idioma wu
context_page_description: The Wu Chinese people, also known as Wuyue people, Jiang-Zhe people or San Kiang are a major subgroup of the Han Chinese. They are a Wu Chinese-speaking people who hail from southern Jiangsu province, the entirety of the city of Shanghai and all of Zhejiang province, as well as smaller populations in Xuancheng prefecture-level city in southern Anhui province, Shangrao, Guangfeng and Yushan counties of northeastern Jiangxi province, and some parts of Pucheng county in northern Fujian province.
caption: General map showing the extent of Wu-speaking populations.
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