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Fuzhou 抚州市 Fuchow | |
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 Municipal Administrative Center in 2023 | |
.png) Location of Fuzhou within Jiangxi | |
  Fuzhou Location in China | |
| Coordinates (Fuzhou municipal government):27°56′56″N116°21′29″E / 27.949°N 116.358°E /27.949; 116.358 | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Jiangxi |
| Municipal seat | Linchuan District |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Hu Jianfei (胡剑飞) Acting |
| • Secretary | Fan Xiaolin (范小林) |
| Area | |
| • Land | 18,786 km2 (7,253 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 3,392 km2 (1,310 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 3,392 km2 (1,310 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 45 m (148 ft) |
| Population (2020 census) | |
| 3,614,866 | |
| • Density | 192.42/km2 (498.37/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1,486,267 |
| • Urban density | 438.2/km2 (1,135/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1,486,267 |
| • Metro density | 438.2/km2 (1,135/sq mi) |
| 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) |
| Postal code | 344000 |
| Area code | 0794 |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-JX-10 |
| Licence plate prefixes | 赣F |
| Website | english |
Fuzhou[a] is aprefecture-level city in the northeastern part ofJiangxi province,People's Republic of China.
Fuzhou is located to the south of the provincial capitalNanchang, bordered in the east by Fujian Province. Its total area is 18,800 km2 (7,300 sq mi).[2] The population is 3,900,000.At the end of 2024 and the beginning of 2025, the permanent population will be 3.5348 million.[3] The area is located northwest of theWuyi Mountains, and is drained by theFu River (Fuhe), which flows northwest to thePoyang Lake (in the neighboring Nanchang Prefecture).
The area was part ofChu during theWarring States period. After being conquered by theQin, it was included in the Jiujiang Commandery.[4]
In 204 BC, the territory was added to theHuainan Kingdom. Two years later, Yuzhang Commandery was dissociated from Huainan. Names of the countiesNancheng andLinru, both of which then part of Yuzhang, first appeared in this period.
In 257 AD, counties Linru and Nancheng were added to a newcommandery, 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 countiesLinchuan,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.[5]
In August 2021, the construction of the Fuzhou New Energy Vehicle Industrial Park project started, and a new energy vehicle industrial base with a complete industrial chain including complete vehicles, parts, and power batteries has now been built.[5]
Fuzhou is located in the eastern part of Jiangxi Province, between 115°35′ and 117°18′ east longitude and 26°29′ and 28°30′ north latitude.
Fuzhou has direct jurisdiction over twodistricts and ninecounties:
Districts (区;qū):
Counties (县;xiàn):
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Fuzhou also has a subtropical humid monsoon climate. The annual average temperature is 17.9 °C, the average sunshine hours are 1,700 hours, the annual average precipitation is 1,900 mm, the annual frost-free period is about 248 days, and the four seasons are distinct. Due to the warm and humid climate, sufficient sunlight and long frost-free period, crops have very favorable conditions for growth.[6]
| Climate data for Fuzhou, elevation 49 m (161 ft), (Linchuan District) (1991–2020 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) |
| Averageprecipitation 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 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 78 | 78 | 78 | 75 | 75 | 79 | 70 | 71 | 75 | 73 | 77 | 75 | 75 |
| Mean monthlysunshine 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 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 22 | 24 | 24 | 31 | 32 | 29 | 53 | 55 | 43 | 41 | 37 | 35 | 36 |
| Source:China Meteorological Administration[7][8] | |||||||||||||
Fuzhou is historically important as the home (specifically Linchuan) ofWang Anshi, the famous reformist prime minister ofSong dynasty,Zeng Gong, an influential scholar andhistorian of theSong dynasty, andTang Xianzu, the greatMing dynasty dramatist.[12] ChineseneurobiologistRao Yi was born inNancheng County of Fuzhou,Jiangxi province. Longtime backupPeople's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps taikonautDeng Qingming who finally flew onShenzhou 15 after 24 years of waiting was born inYihuang County of Fuzhou,Jiangxi province.
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