Zhangzhou

Zhangzhou (/ˈdʒæŋˈdʒoʊ/, Mandarin: [ʈʂaŋ.ʈʂóʊ]) is a prefecture-level city in Fujian Province, China. The prefecture around the city proper comprises the southeast corner of the province, facing the Taiwan Strait and (with Quanzhou) surrounding the prefecture of Xiamen.

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Zhangzhou 漳州市 Changchew
Prefecture-level city
Aojiao Village Jiulong River Ming-era stone archway in Xiangcheng Hukong Dropping Cave in Dongshan County Wushan Mountain West Ecological Park
Location of Zhangzhou City jurisdiction in Fujian
Zhangzhou Location in China
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Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Fujian
Municipal seat	Xiangcheng District
Area
• Prefecture-level city	12,882.27 km2 (4,973.87 sq mi)
• Urban	2,590.23 km2 (1,000.09 sq mi)
• Metro	4,290.84 km2 (1,656.70 sq mi)
Population  (2020 census)[1]
• Prefecture-level city	5,054,328
• Density	390/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
• Urban	939,943
• Urban density	360/km2 (940/sq mi)
• Metro	7,284,148
• Metro density	1,700/km2 (4,400/sq mi)
GDP[2]
• Prefecture-level city	CN¥ 454.6 billion US$ 65.9 billion
• Per capita	CN¥ 89,834 US$ 14,107
Time zone	UTC+8 (CST)
Postal code	363000
Area code	596
ISO 3166 code	CN-FJ-06
License Plate	闽E
Local dialect	Min Nan: Zhangzhou dialect
City trees	Cinnamomum camphora
City flowers	Narcissus tazetta
Website	zhangzhou.gov.cn

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Zhangzhou
"Zhangzhou" in regular Chinese characters
Chinese	漳州
Postal	Changchow
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhāngzhōu Bopomofo ㄓㄤ   ㄓㄡ Gwoyeu Romatzyh Jangjou Wade–Giles Chang¹-chou¹ IPA [ʈʂáŋ.ʈʂóʊ] Southern Min Hokkien POJ Chiang-chiu Tâi-lô Tsiang-tsiu

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Zhangzhou is the atonal pinyin romanization of the city's Chinese name 漳州, using its pronunciation in Standard Mandarin.^[3] The name derives from the city's former status as the seat of the imperial Chinese Zhang Prefecture. The same name was romanized as Changchow on the Chinese Postal Map and Chang-chou in Wade-Giles. Other romanizations include Chang-chow.^[4]

It also appears as Chang-chu,^[5] Changchew, Chiang-chew, Chiang-Chew, Chiang Chew, Chiochiu,^[6] Chanchiu,^[6] Changchiu^[6] from the city's local Zhangzhou dialect pronunciation of Hokkien Chinese: 漳州; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chiang-chiu / Chioⁿ-chiu.^[7] This name appeared in Spanish and Portuguese Jesuit sources as Chincheo as well from the Quanzhou dialect pronunciation of Hokkien Chinese: 漳州; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Cheng-chiu, which was anglicized as Chinchew. By the 19th century, however, Chinchew as a name had migrated and was used to refer to Quanzhou, a separate port about 65 miles (105 km) east-northeast of central Zhangzhou.^[8]

Zhangzhou proper lies on the banks of the Jiulong River in southern Fujian about 35 miles (56 km) from central Xiamen,^[4] whose urban core has grown to form a single urbanized area with it. The prefecture of Zhangzhou comprises the southeastern corner of the province, surrounding Xiamen. The prefecture of Quanzhou lies to its northeast, Longyan to its northwest, and Shantou in Guangdong to its southwest.

According to Odoric of Pordenone, Zhangzhou was a prosperous city twice the size of Bologna.^[12]

During the early Qing, Zhangzhou was the primary Fujianese port trading with Portuguese Macao and Spanish Manila. For a time, the Portuguese maintained a factory in the city.^[8]

During the late Qing, Zhangzhou remained a center of silk, brick, and sugar production with about a million people and extensive internal and maritime trade. Its city wall had a circumference of about 4.5 miles (7.2 km) but included a good deal of open ground and farmland. Its streets were paved with granite but badly maintained. The 800-foot (240 m) bridge across the Jiulong River consisted of wooden planks laid between 25 piles of stones at roughly equal intervals.^[4] The port of Xiamen in an island at the mouth of the Jiulong principally functioned as a trading center for the produce and wares of Zhangzhou and its hinterland;^[5] both suffered economically when Indian tea plantations cratered demand for Fujianese tea in the late 19th century.^[13]

From 1918 to 1920, Chen Jiongming established the anarchist Constitution Protection Region of Southern Fujian with Zhangzhou as its capital.^[14]

The old city of Zhangzhou (now Xiangcheng District) was occupied in April and May 1932 by a column of Communist guerrillas under Mao Zedong. Due to the presence of Western gunboats in Xiamen Bay, arms shipments from the Soviet Union were unable to get up the Jiulong River to Mao's forces and the main Communist bases. Discovering this, Mao retreated from the city, according to some accounts with a substantial amount of loot taken from its residents.^[15]

Zhangzhou comprises 4 urban districts, and 7 counties.^[16]

1. Xiangcheng District (芗城区)
2. Longwen District (龙文区)
3. Longhai District (龙海区)
4. Changtai District (长泰区)
5. Dongshan County (东山县)
6. Hua'an County (华安县)
7. Nanjing County (南靖县)
8. Pinghe County (平和县)
9. Yunxiao County (云霄县)
10. Zhangpu County (漳浦县)
11. Zhao'an County (诏安县)

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Xiangcheng Longwen Longhai Changtai Yunxiao County Zhangpu County Zhao'an County Dongshan County Nanjing County Pinghe County Hua'an County Dongding Island Note: Kinmen County, ROC (Taiwan) is claimed by the PRC.

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During the 2020 Chinese census, the entire area of Zhangzhou was home to 5,054,328 inhabitants. Along with the 2,120,178 people of central Xiamen, its urban districts of Xiangcheng, Longwen, Longhai and Changtai, form a single metropolitan area of about 7,284,148 people.

The main language of the Zhangzhou Hokkiens is the local dialect of Min Nan, part of the Southern Min branch of Min Chinese. Government, education, and official business, however, are carried out in Mandarin.^{[citation needed]}

Hakka is also spoken in the rural peasant area of Zhangzhou in the west and south.

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Babao seal paste was invented by the druggist Wei Changan as a traditional medicine in 1673. It was repurposed for artistic use a few years later and gained imperial favor under the Qianlong Emperor. It remains prized for its bright color and pleasant smell.

A major petrochemical plant, producing paraxylene, owned by Taiwan-based Xianglu Group is located in Zhangzhou's Gulei Peninsula. The plant suffered major fires in 2013 and 2015.^[17]

Two passenger stations serve Zhangzhou:

• Zhangzhou East Railway Station on the older Yingtan–Xiamen Railway, northeast of the city;
• Zhangzhou Railway Station, the junction of the high-speed Xiamen–Shenzhen Railway and Longyan–Xiamen Railway, opened in 2012, south of the city.

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• Minnan Normal University
• Tenfu Tea College
• Zhangzhou College of Science and Technology

• Chen Yuanguang (657–711), a leader of the movement to sinicize Fujian and northern Guangdong.
• Khaw Soo Cheang (1786–1882), merchant and governor of a Thai province.
• Lim Gu Tong (1895–1976), international author, cultural ambassador and inventor.
• Fang Zhouzi (1967), science writer.

Zhangzhou is twinned with the following regions, cities and towns:^[18]

• Palembang, South Sumatra (since 2002)^[19]
• Isahaya, Nagasaki
• Date, Iburi Subprefecture
• Gödöllő, Pest County
• Wageningen, Gelderland
• Honolulu, Hawaii

• List of twin towns and sister cities in China
• Yuegang, important seaport during Ming and Ming-Qing transition in modern Zhangzhou and Xiamen