Fuzhou
Fuzhou
福州市 Hokchew | |
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Skyline of Fuzhou Luoxing Tower Three Mountains and One River Sculpture St. Dominic's Cathedral Zhenhai Tower Temple of Lin Zexu Hwa Nan College Sanfang Qixiang | |
Location of Fuzhou City jurisdiction in Fujian | |
Fuzhou Location in China Fuzhou Fuzhou (China) | |
| Coordinates (Fuzhou municipal government): 26°04′27″N 119°17′47″E / 26.0743°N 119.2964°E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Fujian |
| Municipal seat | Gulou District |
| Divisions - County-level | 6 districts, 6 counties, & 1 County-level cities(2017) |
| Government | |
| • Type | Prefecture-level city |
| • Body | Fuzhou Municipal People's Congress |
| • CCP Secretary | Guo Ningning |
| • Congress Chairman | Zhang Zhong |
| • Mayor | Wu Xiande |
| • CPPCC Chairman | Liu Zhuoqun |
| Area | |
| 12,231.9 km2 (4,722.8 sq mi) | |
| • Water | 4,634 km2 (1,789 sq mi) |
| • Urban (2018)[1] | 1,768.2 km2 (682.7 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| 8,291,268 | |
| • Density | 680/km2 (1,800/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 4,094,491 |
| • Urban density | 2,300/km2 (6,000/sq mi) |
| • Rural | 4,196,777 |
| GDP[4] | |
| • Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 1.424 trillion US$ 200 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 171,708 US$ 24,111 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (CST) |
| Postal code | 350000 |
| Area code | 591 |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-FJ-01 |
| License plate prefixes | 闽A |
| Local dialect | Fuzhou language of the Eastern Min Language |
| Website | Fuzhou.gov.cn |
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"Fuzhou" in Chinese characters | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chinese | 福州 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Postal | Foochow | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | "Blessed Prefecture" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Fuzhou[a] is the capital of Fujian, China. The city lies between the Min River estuary to the south and the city of Ningde to the north. Together, Fuzhou and Ningde make up the Mindong linguistic and cultural region.
Fuzhou's population was 8,291,268 as of the 2020 Chinese census. Like other prefecture-level cities in China, its administrative area contains both urban and rural areas: in 2020, 72.49% of inhabitants (6,010,242) were urban, while 27.51% (2,281,026) were rural.[6] As of 31 December 2018, the total population was estimated at 7,740,000 whom 4,665,000 lived in the built-up (or metro) area made of five urban districts plus Minhou County.[3] In 2015, Fuzhou was ranked as the 10th fastest growing metropolitan area in the world by Brookings Institution.[7] Fuzhou is listed as No. 20 in the China Integrated City Index 2016's total ranking, a study conducted by the National Development and Reform Commission.[8]
Fuzhou is also a major city for scientific research, appearing in the global top 50 cities as tracked by the Nature Index.[9] The city is home to several major universities, notably Fuzhou University, one of China's key universities and other public universities, including Fujian Normal University and Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University.
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- ^ 2016中国城市综合发展指标发布 北上深位列三甲. Archived from the original on 2017-03-25. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
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