Zhangzhou

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漳州市
Zhāngzhōu Shì

Image:ChinaFujianZhangzhou.png
Administration Type	Prefecture-level city
Area	12607 km²[1]
Population	3 760 000[2]
GDP	RMB 62.9 billion (2005) [3]
Major Nationalities	Han
County-level divisions	11
Township-level divisions	Unknown
Area Code	596

Zhangzhou (Chinese: 漳州; pinyin: Zhāngzhōu; Wade-Giles: Chang¹-chou¹) is a prefecture-level city in southern Fujian province, People's Republic of China. Located on the banks of the Xi River, Zhangzhou borders the cities of Xiamen (廈門) and Quanzhou (泉州) to the northeast, Longyan City to the northwest and the province of Guangdong to the southwest.

In older English works, its name may appear as Chang-Chow or Changchow.

Contents 1 Dialect 2 Administration 3 Colleges and universities 4 See also 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Dialect

The main dialect spoken in Zhangzhou is Min Nan (traditional Chinese: 閩南語; simplified Chinese: 闽南语). But officially, people use Standard Mandarin in government, commerce and official business.

[edit] Administration

The prefecture-level city of Zhangzhou administers 2 districts, 1 county-level city and 8 counties.

• Longwen District (龙文区)
• Xiangcheng District (芗城区)
• Longhai City (龙海市)
• Changtai County (长泰县)
• Dongshan County (东山县)
• Hua'an County (华安县)
• Nanjing County (南靖县)
• Pinghe County (平和县)
• Yunxiao County (云霄县)
• Zhangpu County (漳浦县)
• Zhao'an County (诏安县)

[edit] Colleges and universities

• Zhangzhou Normal College

[edit] See also

• Chen Yuanguang

[edit] References

1. ^ http://www.fzu.edu.cn/fujian/ezhangz.html
2. ^ http://www.fzu.edu.cn/fujian/ezhangz.html
3. ^ http://www.tdctrade.com/mktprof/china/mpfuj.htm

[edit] External links

• Government website of Zhangzhou (in Simplified Chinese)
• Zhangzhou Dialect
• Guide to Zhangzhou Tour Sites
• Fujian Tourism Bureau

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See also: List of Fujian County-level divisions

Coordinates: 24°31′N, 117°39′Ezh-min-nan:Chiang-chiu de:Zhangzhou fr:Zhangzhou cdo:Ciŏng-ciŭ ja:ショウ州市 no:Zhangzhou ug:Jyangju Shehiri pt:Zhangzhou vi:Chương Châu zh:漳州市