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Zhangzhou Introduction

Located in the south end of Fujian Province, Zhangzhou neighbors Guangdong Province in the southwest, and is separated from Taiwan by the Taiwan Strait in the east. It lies in the half way between two special economic zones, Xiamenin Fujian and Shantou in Guangdong. Zhangzhou administers2 districts (Xiangcheng, Longwen) and 8 counties (Yunxiao, Zhangpu, Zhao'an, Changtai, Dongshan, Nanjing, Pinghe, Hua'an) and1 county-level city (Longhai). It has an area of 12,873 square kilometres and a population of 4.6 million.The earliest records about the administrative history of Zhangzhou area should be traces back to the Eastern Jin Dynasty (317-420). During the Sui Dynasty (581-618), Longxi County was established here, falling into the clutches of Quanzhou (present Fuzhou). Zhangzhou was set up later in southern part of the Longxi County in 686, Tang Dynasty (608-907).Zhangzhou's northern area is mountainous, a..

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