Fujian Province

Fujian Province 福建省
Province
Name transcription(s)
• Chinese	福建省 (Fújiàn Shěng)
• Abbreviation	simplified Chinese: ; traditional Chinese: (pinyin: Mǐn, Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bân)
• Hokkien POJ	Hok-kiàn
• Foochow	Hók-gióng
Map showing the location of Fujian Province
Coordinates: 25°54′N 118°18′E / 25.9°N 118.3°E / 25.9; 118.3Coordinates: 25°54′N 118°18′E / 25.9°N 118.3°E / 25.9; 118.3
Capital	Fuzhou
Largest city	Quanzhou
Divisions	9 prefectures, 85counties, 1107townships
Government
• Secretary	You Quan
• Governor	Yu Weiguo
Area
• Total	121,400 km2 (46,900 sq mi)
Area rank	23rd
Population (2013)
• Total	37,700,011
• Rank	17th
• Density	310/km2 (800/sq mi)
• Density rank	14th
Demographics
• Ethnic composition	Han – 98% She – 1% Hui – 0.3%
• Languages and dialects	Mandarin, Min (inc. Hokkien, Foochow)
ISO 3166 code	CN-35
GDP (2015)	CNY 2.597 trillion US$ 412.22 billion (11th)
• per capita	CNY 68,260 US$ 10,962 (7th)
HDI (2010)	0.714 (high) (11th)
Website	www.fujian.gov.cn

Fujian
"Fujian" in Chinese characters
Chinese	福建
Literal meaning	"Fu(zhou) and Jian('ou)"
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Fújiàn Bopomofo ㄈㄨˊ   ㄐㄧㄢˋ Gwoyeu Romatzyh Fwujiann Wade–Giles Fu2-chien4 IPA [fǔ.tɕi̯ɛ̂n] Wu Romanization Foh-ji Hakka Romanization Fuk-kian Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Fūk-gin Jyutping Fuk1-gin3 Southern Min Hokkien POJ Hok-kiàn Eastern Min Fuzhou BUC Hók-gióng Pu-Xian Min Hinghwa BUC Ho̤h-ge̤̍ng Northern Min Jian'ou Romanized Hŭ-gṳ̿in.g
Abbreviation
Simplified Chinese	闽
Traditional Chinese	閩
Literal meaning	[the Min River]
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Mǐn Bopomofo ㄇㄧㄣˇ Gwoyeu Romatzyh Miin Wade–Giles Min3 IPA [mìn] Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Máhn Jyutping Man5 Southern Min Tâi-lô Bân Eastern Min Fuzhou BUC Mìng Pu-Xian Min Hinghwa BUC Máng Northern Min Jian'ou Romanized Mâing

Fujian (Chinese: ; pinyin: Fújiàn; pronounced [fǔtɕi̯ɛ̂n]), formerly romanised as Foken, Fouken, Fukien, and Hokkien, is a province on the southeast coast of mainland China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, and Guangdong to the south. The name Fujian came from the combination of Fuzhou and Jianzhou (a former name for Jian'ou) two cities in Fujian, during the Tang dynasty. While its population is chiefly of Han origin, it is one of the most culturally and linguistically diverse provinces in China.

Most of Fujian is administered by the People's Republic of China (PRC). However, the archipelagos of Kinmen and Matsu are under the control of the Republic of China (ROC). Thus, there are two provinces (in the sense of government organizations): the Fujian Province administered by the PRC and the Fujian Province of the ROC.

Fujian Province, where most of the overseas Chinese in southeast Asia originated from, is still famously known as the Hokkien Province, based on the local pronunciation of the two Chinese characters "福建".

Recent archaeological discoveries demonstrate that Fujian had entered the Neolithic Age by the middle of the 6th millennium BC. From the Keqiutou site (7450–5590 BP), an early Neolithic site in Pingtan Island located about 70 kilometres (43 mi) southeast of Fuzhou, numerous tools made of stones, shells, bones, jades, and ceramics (including wheel-made-ceramics) have been unearthed, together with spinning wheels, a definitive evidence of weaving.