Fuzhou City
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Fuzhou 福州市 |
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| Prefecture-level city | |
From top, left to right: Black Pagoda of Fuzhou, White Pagoda of Fuzhou; Xichan Temple, City Skyline of Fuzhou; Gulou District of Fuzhou
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 Location of Fuzhou City jurisdiction in Fujian |
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 Fuzhou
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| Coordinates: 26°04′34″N 119°18′23″E / 26.07611°N 119.30639°ECoordinates: 26°04′34″N 119°18′23″E / 26.07611°N 119.30639°E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Fujian |
| Divisions - County-level |
5 districts, 6 counties, & 2 County-level cities |
| Government | |
| • CPC Ctte Secretary | Yang Yue |
| • Mayor | Yang Yimin |
| Area | |
| • Prefecture-level city | 12,177 km2 (4,702 sq mi) |
| • Water | 4,634 km2 (1,790 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Prefecture-level city | 7,200,000 |
| • Urban | 4,468,076 |
| • Rural | 2,707,294 |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
| Postal code | 350000 |
| Area code(s) | 591 |
| GDP | 2011 |
| - Total |
CNY 373.478 billion USD 59.22 billion |
| - Per capita | CNY 52,144 USD 8,268 |
| - Growth |
 13.0% |
| License plate prefixes | 闽A |
| Local dialect | Fuzhou dialect of the Eastern Min Language |
| Website | Fuzhou.gov.cn |
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"Fuzhou" in Chinese characters
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| Chinese | 福州 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Postal | Foochow | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | "Blessed Prefecture" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Transcriptions | |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Fúzhōu |
| Wade–Giles | Fu2-chou1 |
| IPA | [fǔʈʂóu] |
| Wu | |
| Romanization | Foh入-tseu平 |
| Hakka | |
| Romanization | Fuk-chiu |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | Fūk-jāu |
| Jyutping | Fuk1-zau1 |
| Southern Min | |
| Hokkien POJ | Hok-tsiu |
| Eastern Min | |
| Fuzhou BUC |  Hók-ciŭ |
Fuzhou, formerly romanized as Foochow, is the capital and one of the largest cities in Fujian province, China. Along with the many counties of Ningde, those of Fuzhou are considered to constitute the Mindong (lit. Eastern Fujian) linguistic and cultural area.
Fuzhou's core counties lie on the north (left) bank of the estuary of Fujian's largest river, the Min River. All along its northern border lies Ningde, and Ningde's Gutian County lies upriver. Fuzhou's counties south of the Min border on Putian, Quanzhou, Sanming and Nanping prefectures. Its population was 7,115,370 inhabitants as of the 2010 census, of whom 4,408,076 inhabitants are urban representing around 61.95%, while rural population is at 2,707,294 representing around 38.05 percent.
The Yuanhe Maps and Records of Prefectures and Counties, a Chinese geographical treatise published in the 9th century, says that Fuzhou's name came from Mount Futo, a mountain located northwest of the city. The mountain's name was then combined with -zhou, meaning "settlement" or "prefecture", in a manner similar to many other Chinese cities. During the Warring States period, area of Fuzhou was sometimes referred to as Ye (Chinese: 冶) and Fuzhou was incorporated into China proper during Qin dynasty. The city's name was changed numerous times between the 3rd and 9th centuries before finally settling on Fuzhou in 948. In Chinese, the city is sometimes referred to by the poetic nickname Rongcheng (Chinese: 榕城; Foochow Romanized: Ṳ̀ng-siàng), literally: "The Banyan City".
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