Fujian
Coordinates: 25°54′N 118°18′E / 25.9°N 118.3°E / 25.9; 118.3
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| Abbreviations: simplified Chinese: 闽; traditional Chinese: 閩 (pinyin: Mǐn, POJ: Bân, BUC: Mìng, MNP: Mǐn, Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Mîn) | |||||||||
| Origin of name | 福 fú – Fuzhou 建 jiàn – Jianzhou (today's Jian'ou) |
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| Administration type | Province | ||||||||
| Capital (and largest city) |
Fuzhou | ||||||||
| CPC Ctte Secretary | Sun Chunlan | ||||||||
| Governor | Huang Xiaojing | ||||||||
| Area | 121,400 km2 (46,900 sq mi) (23rd) | ||||||||
| - Latitude | 23° 30' to 28° 22' N | ||||||||
| - Longitude | 115° 50' to 120° 40' E | ||||||||
| Population (2010) - Density |
36,894,216 (17th) 291 /km2 (750 /sq mi) (14th) |
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| GDP (2011) - per capita |
CNY 1.74 trillion US$ 269.6 billion (12th) CNY 46,802 US$ 7,246 (9th) |
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| HDI (2008) | 0.807 (high) (12th) | ||||||||
| Ethnic composition | Han – 98% She – 1% Hui – 0.3% |
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| Languages and dialects | Min Chinese, Hakka Chinese | ||||||||
| Prefectural level | 9 divisions | ||||||||
| County level | 85 divisions | ||||||||
| Township level* | 1107 divisions | ||||||||
| ISO 3166-2 | CN-35 | ||||||||
| Official website www.fujian.gov.cn (Simplified Chinese) |
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| Source for population and GDP data: Source for nationalities data: * | |||||||||
| Template • Discussion • WikiProject China | |||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 福建 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 福建 | ||||||
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Fujian (Chinese: 福建), formerly romanised as Fukien or Foukien, 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. Taiwan lies to the east, across the Taiwan Strait. 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. With a Han majority, 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. However, the archipelagos of Kinmen and Matsu are under the control of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Thus, there are two provinces (in the sense of government organizations): the Fujian Province administered by the People's Republic of China and the Fujian Province of the Republic of China.
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