Where is Fujian province?
Fujian Province is a provincial administrative region of the people’s Republic of China. Fuzhou, the provincial capital, is located on the southeast coast of China.
| Capital | Fuzhou |
| Divisions | 9 prefectures, 85 counties, 1107 townships |
| Government Type | Province |
| Area | 121,400 km2 (46,900 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation (Mt. Huanggang) | 2,158 m (7,080 ft) |
| Population | 41,540,086 |
| Population Density | 340/km2 (890/sq mi) |
It is adjacent to Zhejiang Province in the northeast, Jiangxi Province in the northwest, Guangdong Province in the southwest, and Taiwan Province across the Taiwan Strait in the southeast. The total land area is 124,000 square kilometers.
Fujian Province is located in the traffic hub of the East China Sea and the South China Sea. It is not only the starting point of the Silk Road in Shanghai and Zheng He’s voyages to the west but also the distribution center of maritime commerce and trade.
Fujian Province is high in the northwest and low in the southeast, showing a “mountain and sea” trend. The area of mountains and hills accounts for about 90% of the total area of the province; It crosses the four major water systems of Minjiang River, Jinjiang River, Jiulong River, and Tingjiang River, and belongs to a subtropical marine monsoon climate.
In October 2019, it was selected into the national digital economy innovation and development pilot zone. By the end of 2019, Fujian Province had jurisdiction over 9 prefecture-level cities including Fuzhou, Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Putian, Longyan, Sanming, Nanping, and Ningde.
As of February 2021, there were 11 county-level cities, 42 counties, and 31 municipal districts. The permanent resident population is 39.73 million. According to the results of the seventh national census, the permanent resident population of Fujian Province was 41.54 million.
Cities in Fujian province
| City | Area in km2 | Population |
| Fuzhou city | 12155.46 | 7,115,369 |
| Xiamen city | 1,699.39 | 3,531,347 |
| Putian city | 4,119 | 2,778,508 |
| Sanming city | 22,929 | 2,503,388 |
| Quanzhou city | 11,245.00 | 8,128,533 |
| Zhangzhou city | 12,873.33 | 4,809,983 |
| Nanping city | 26,280.54 | 2,645,548 |
| Longyan city | 19,028.26 | 2,559,545 |
| Ningde city | 13,452.38 | 2,821,996 |
Fujian province map
People also ask about Fujian province
Languages and dialects that Fujian people speak are Min (inc. Fuzhounese, Northern Min, Central Min, Pu-Xian Min, Hokkien, and others), Mandarin, She, Hakka.
Fujian is famous for tea (in the 19th century, Fuzhou was China’s busiest tea port) and you can get good tea almost anywhere. In fact, the English word “tea” was derived from its Minnan name.