Zhāngzhōu Shì
漳州市
Chiang-chiu Chhi

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

Zhangzhou (Chinese: 漳州; pinyin: Zhāngzhōu; Wade-Giles: Chang¹-chou¹; Min Nan (Hokkien): Chiang-chiu) 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.

Dialect

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

History: 20th Century

Zhangzhou's central urban area (now Xiangcheng District) was occupied in April and May 1932 by a column of Red guerrillas under Mao Zedong. Western gunboats in Xiamen Bay meant Soviet Union arms shipments would never get up the Jiulong Jiang River to Mao and on to the main communist base area. Mao took with him a substantial amount of bourgeois loot when his column retreated. ^[3]

Administration

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

1. Longwen District (龙文区)
2. Xiangcheng District (芗城区)
3. Longhai City (龙海市)
4. Changtai County (长泰县)
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)

Colleges and universities

• Zhangzhou Normal College

See also

• Chen Yuanguang

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Zhangzhou
2. ^ Market Profiles on Chinese Cities and Provinces (tdctrade.com)
3. ^ Zhang Rong/Jung Chang, Mao: the Unknown Story, 2005, p.117

External links

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

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Coordinates: 24°31′N 117°39′E / 24.517, 117.65

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