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Fuzhou is a prefecture-level city in the northeastern part of Jiangxi province, People's Republic of China.
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Fuzhou
抚州市 Fuchow | |
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![]() Municipal Administrative Center in 2023 | |
![]() Location of Fuzhou within Jiangxi | |
Coordinates (Fuzhou municipal government): 27°56′56″N 116°21′29″E | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Province | Jiangxi |
Municipal seat | Linchuan District |
Government | |
• Mayor | Zhang Heping |
• Secretary | Gong Jianhua |
Area | |
• Land | 18,800 km2 (7,300 sq mi) |
Elevation | 45 m (147 ft) |
Population (2010) | |
• Total | 3,912,312 |
GDP[1] | |
• Total | CN¥ 110.5 billion US$ 17.7 billion |
• Per capita | CN¥ 27,735 US$ 4,453 |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Area code | 0794 |
ISO 3166 code | CN-JX-10 |
Licence plate prefixes | 赣F |
Website | english |
Fuzhou is located to the south of the provincial capital Nanchang, bordered in the east by Fujian Province. Its total area is 18,800 km2 (7,300 sq mi). The population is 3,900,000. The area is located northwest of the Wuyi Mountains, and is drained by the Fu River (Fuhe), which flows northwest to the Poyang Lake (in the neighboring Nanchang Prefecture).
The area was part of Chu during the Warring States Period. After being conquered by the Qin, it was included in the Jiujiang Commandery.
In 204 BC, the territory was added to the Huainan Kingdom. Two years later, Yuzhang Commandery was dissociated from Huainan. Names of the counties Nancheng and Linru, both of which then part of Yuzhang, first appeared in this period.
In 257 AD, counties Linru and Nancheng were added to a new commandery, Linchuan. Thereafter they were divided to 10 counties including Linru, Nancheng, Xiping, Xinjian, Xicheng, Yihuang, Anpu, Nanfeng, Yongcheng, Dongxing, with the administration center in Linru County. In 522 AD, another new commandery, Bashan, was divided from Linchuan, administering 7 counties Xinjian, Xining, Bashan, Dafeng, Xin’an, Xingping, Fengcheng. Linchuan and Bashan belonged to Gao State in 557 AD. The two commanderies were replaced by Fu Prefecture (Fuzhou) in 589 AD.
In 811 AD, Fuzhou was renamed as Shangzhou. In 975 AD, it was renamed as Junzhou. In 1149 AD, Le’an County was established in the prefecture, which administered counties Linchuan, Chongren, Yihuang, Jinxi and Le’an at that time. On June 23, 2000, Fuzhou City was officially established as a prefecture-level city in China.
The main industries in the area are food, textiles, food processing and light-modeled cars.
Fuzhou has direct jurisdiction over two districts and nine counties:
Districts (区; qū):
Counties (县; xiàn):
Climate data for Fuzhou (Linchuan District, 2006–2020 normals) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 9.8 (49.6) |
13.1 (55.6) |
17.8 (64.0) |
23.7 (74.7) |
28.3 (82.9) |
30.7 (87.3) |
34.7 (94.5) |
34.5 (94.1) |
30.1 (86.2) |
25.1 (77.2) |
18.7 (65.7) |
12.4 (54.3) |
23.2 (73.8) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 6.2 (43.2) |
8.8 (47.8) |
13.3 (55.9) |
18.9 (66.0) |
23.8 (74.8) |
26.6 (79.9) |
30.0 (86.0) |
29.7 (85.5) |
25.7 (78.3) |
20.6 (69.1) |
14.3 (57.7) |
8.1 (46.6) |
18.8 (65.9) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 3.7 (38.7) |
5.9 (42.6) |
10.2 (50.4) |
15.4 (59.7) |
20.4 (68.7) |
23.7 (74.7) |
26.5 (79.7) |
26.2 (79.2) |
22.5 (72.5) |
17.3 (63.1) |
11.1 (52.0) |
5.1 (41.2) |
15.7 (60.2) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 74.2 (2.92) |
103.4 (4.07) |
216.5 (8.52) |
210.9 (8.30) |
281.6 (11.09) |
332.8 (13.10) |
202.2 (7.96) |
116.5 (4.59) |
74.1 (2.92) |
45.4 (1.79) |
110.5 (4.35) |
73.7 (2.90) |
1,841.8 (72.51) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 13.4 | 13.3 | 18.3 | 15.9 | 16.1 | 17.1 | 10.5 | 10.2 | 8.6 | 7.3 | 11.5 | 9.9 | 152.1 |
Average snowy days | 2.4 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 4.6 |
Average relative humidity (%) | 78 | 78 | 78 | 75 | 75 | 79 | 70 | 71 | 75 | 73 | 77 | 75 | 75 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 72.0 | 76.8 | 90.7 | 119.7 | 136.2 | 119.6 | 225.4 | 220.6 | 156.1 | 146.4 | 117.3 | 111.8 | 1,592.6 |
Percent possible sunshine | 22 | 24 | 24 | 31 | 32 | 29 | 53 | 55 | 43 | 41 | 37 | 35 | 36 |
Source: China Meteorological Administration[2][3] |
Fuzhou is historically important as the home (specifically Linchuan) of Wang Anshi, the famous reformist prime minister of Song Dynasty, Zeng Gong, an influential scholar and historian of the Song Dynasty, and Tang Xianzu, the great Ming Dynasty dramatist. Chinese neurobiologist Rao Yi was born in Nancheng County of Fuzhou, Jiangxi province. Longtime backup People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps taikonaut Deng Qingming who finally flew on Shenzhou 15 after 24 years of waiting was born in Yihuang County of Fuzhou, Jiangxi province.
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