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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
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 (Chinese characters).svg
"Fujian" in Chinese characters
Chinese 福建
Literal meaning "Fu(zhou) and Jian('ou)"
Abbreviation
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Literal meaning [the Min River]

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.


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