Fujian

Fujian ({{zh-cpw |c=福建 |p=Fújiàn |w=Fu-chien}}; Postal System Pinyin: Fukien, Foukien; local transliteration Hokkien from Min Nan Hok-kiàn) is one of the provinces on the southeast coast of China. Fujian borders Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, and Guangdong to the south. Taiwan lies to the east, across the Taiwan Strait.

Subdivisions

The People's Republic of China controls most of the province, and divides it into 9 prefecture-level divisions, all of them prefecture-level cities:

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People's Republic of China - Prefecture-level divisions - Prefecture-level cities

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• Fuzhou (Simplified Chinese: 福州市; Hanyu Pinyin: Fúzhōu Shì)
• Xiamen (厦门市 Xiàmén Shì)
• Zhangzhou (漳州市 Zhāngzhōu Shì)
• Quanzhou (泉州市 Quánzhōu Shì)
• Sanming (三明市 Sānmíng Shì)
• Putian (莆田市 Pútián Shì)
• Nanping (南平市 Nánpíng Shì)
• Longyan (龙岩市 Lóngyán Shì)
• Ningde (宁德市 Níngdé Shì)

All of the prefecture-level cities except Longyan, Sanming, and Nanping are found along the coast.

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The 9 prefecture-level divisions are subdivided into 85 county-level divisions (26 districts, 14 county-level cities, and 45 counties). Those are in turn divided into 1107 township-level divisions (605 towns, 328 townships, 18 ethnic townships, and 156 subdistricts). Note: these are the official PRC numbers. Thus, Quemoy is included as one of the 45 counties and Matsu as one of the 334 townships.

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Prefecture-level divisions - County-level divisions - District - County-level cities - Counties - Township-level divisions - Town - Township - Ethnic township - Subdistrict - Quemoy - Matsu

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Quemoy County is nominally controlled by Quanzhou prefecture-level city, but it is administered in its entirety by the Republic of China on Taiwan. The PRC-administered Lianjiang County, under the jurisdiction of Fuzhou prefecture-level city, nominally includes the Matsu Islands, but Matsu is in reality controlled by the Republic of China on Taiwan, which administers Matsu as Lienchiang County (same name Romanized differently).

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Quemoy - Quanzhou - Republic of China - Taiwan - Lianjiang County - Fuzhou - Matsu Islands - Lienchiang County

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See List of administrative divisions of Fujian for a complete list of county-level divisions.

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List of administrative divisions of Fujian - County-level divisions

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