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Fuzhou
抚州市 Fuchow | |
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![]() Municipal Administrative Center in 2023 | |
![]() Location of Fuzhou within Jiangxi | |
Coordinates (Fuzhou municipal government): 27°56′56″N 116°21′29″E / 27.949°N 116.358°E | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Province | Jiangxi |
Municipal seat | Linchuan District |
Government | |
• Mayor | Zhang Heping |
• Secretary | Gong Jianhua |
Area | |
• Land | 18,800 km2 (7,300 sq mi) |
Elevation | 45 m (147 ft) |
Population (2010) | |
• Total | 3,912,312 |
GDP[1] | |
• Total | CN¥ 110.5 billion US$ 17.7 billion |
• Per capita | CN¥ 27,735 US$ 4,453 |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Area code | 0794 |
ISO 3166 code | CN-JX-10 |
Licence plate prefixes | 赣F |
Website | english |
Fuzhou is a prefecture-level city in the northeastern part of Jiangxi province, People's Republic of China.
Fuzhou is located to the south of the provincial capital Nanchang, bordered in the east by Fujian Province. Its total area is 18,800 km2 (7,300 sq mi). The population is 3,900,000. The area is located northwest of the Wuyi Mountains, and is drained by the Fu River (Fuhe), which flows northwest to the Poyang Lake (in the neighboring Nanchang Prefecture).