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Zhangzhou
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Zhangzhou (Cheenese: 漳州; pinyin: Zhāngzhōu; Wade–Giles: Chang1-chou1; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chiang-chiu; formerly Lung-ch'i) is a prefectur-level ceety in soothren Fujian province, Fowkrepublic o Cheenae. Locatit on the banks o the Jiulong River (Beixi), Zhangzhou borders the ceeties o Xiamen an Quanzhou tae the northeast, Longyan tae the northwast an the province o Guangdong (Shantou Ceety) tae the soothwest.
Zhangzhou 漳州 Lung-ch'i | |
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Prefectur-level ceety | |
漳州市 | |
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![]() Location o Zhangzhou Ceety jurisdiction in Fujian | |
Coordinates: 24°31′N 117°39′E | |
Kintra | Fowkrepublic o Cheenae |
Province | Fujian |
Area | |
• Prefectur-level ceety | 12888 km2 (4,976 sq mi) |
• Urban | 366 km2 (141 sq mi) |
• Metro | 3257 km2 (1,258 sq mi) |
Population (2010)[1] | |
• Prefectur-level ceety | 4,809,983 |
• Density | 370/km2 (970/sq mi) |
• Urban | 596,165 |
• Urban density | 1,600/km2 (4,200/sq mi) |
• Metro | 4,984,482 |
• Metro density | 1,500/km2 (4,000/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (Cheenae Staundart) |
Postal code | 363000 |
Area code(s) | 596 |
GDP | 2009[1] |
- Tot | CNY 111.317 billion (USD 16.31 billion) |
- Per capita | CNY 23,264 (USD 3,409) |
- Growth | ![]() |
License Plate | 闽E |
Local dialect | Min Nan: Zhangzhou dialect |
Ceety trees | Cinnamomum camphora |
Ceety flouers | Narcissus tazetta |
Website | www.zhangzhou.gov.cn |
Zhangzhou is home tae 4,809,983 indwallers at the 2010 census whom those o Longwen an Xiacheng destricts are considered as urban. Thir twa destricts, thegither wi Longhai an Xiamen, fairm a metropolitan aurie that, as o 2010[update], is home tae aboot 5 million indwallers.
In aulder Inglis wirks, its name mey appear as Chang-chow or Changchow an in Sootheast Asian contexts it appears as Chiang-chew or Chiang Chew frae the Hokkien name.