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Quanzhou City, also known as Licheng, is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Fujian Province. Quanzhou is located in East China, with Fuzhou and Putian in the north, Xiamen in the south, and Taiwan Island in the east. It has a subtropical marine monsoon climate with superior climatic conditions. As of 2020, the city has jurisdiction over 4 municipal districts, 3 county-level cities, and 5 counties, with a total area of 11,015 square kilometers. According to the seventh census data, as of 00:00 on November 1, 2020, the resident population of Quanzhou was 8,782,285. The resident foreign population is 2.04 million. In 2021, Quanzhou will realize a regional GDP of 1,130.417 billion yuan.
Quanzhou has a long history, and its economic development began as early as the Zhou and Qin Dynasties. In the third year of Wu Yong'an in the Three Kingdoms (260 years), Dong'an County was established in Fengzhou Town, Nan'an City. At the end of the Western Jin Dynasty, the Central Plains were chaotic, and a large number of gentry entered the spring. In the Southern Dynasties Liangtian Prison (502-519) established Nan'an County as the county government, which was the beginning of the local county and county governance. During the Song and Yuan Dynasties, Quanzhou once became the largest port in the world. Quanzhou is the only starting point of the Maritime Silk Road recognized by the United Nations, and is listed as the pioneer area of the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road in the national “Belt and Road” strategy.
Quanzhou uses Minnan dialect as the main dialect, and there are various dialects such as Puxian dialect and Hakka dialect. Quanzhou is the hometown of overseas Chinese. There are more than 7.5 million overseas Chinese and Chinese from Quanzhou, and 760,000 compatriots from Hong Kong and Macao, who are distributed in 129 countries and regions around the world. More than 2.5 million returned overseas Chinese and relatives of overseas Chinese. In Taiwan, 44.8% of the Han nationality (about 9 million) are originally from Quanzhou.
Quanzhou is the first batch of national historical and cultural cities, the first East Asian cultural capital, a world heritage city, a national cultural and ecological protection zone, a national civilized city, and a national sanitary city.
Aliases: Licheng, Wenling, Zitong City, City of Light
Administrative division code: 350500
Administrative division category: prefecture-level city
Location: Fujian Province, China
Geographical Location: East Coast of Fujian Province, West Coast of Taiwan Strait
Area: 11015 km²
Subordinate areas: 4 municipal districts, 3 county-level cities, 5 counties, 1 development zone, 1 investment zone
Government Resident: Fengze District
Telephone area code: 0595
Postal Code: 362000
Climate conditions: Subtropical marine monsoon climate
Population: 8.7822 million (as of 2020)
Famous attractions: Kaiyuan Temple, Fu Confucian Temple, Qingjing Temple, Tianhou Temple, Qingyuan Mountain, Cao Nunnery, Qingshuiyan
Airport: Quanzhou Jinjiang International Airport
Railway Station: Quanzhou Railway Station, Quanzhou East Railway Station, Jinjiang Railway Station, Hui'an Railway Station
License plate code: Min C
GDP: 1,130.417 billion yuan (2021)
Port: Quanzhou Port
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