Quanzhou

Quanzhou () is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Fujian province, People's Republic of China. It borders all other prefecture-level cities in Fujian but two (Ningde and Nanping) and faces the Taiwan Strait. In older English works, its name may appear as Chinchew or Chinchu.

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The People's Republic of China claims Jinmen County ? more widely known as Quemoy ? as part of Quanzhou, but the territory is currently under the juridiction of Taiwan.

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Prefecture-level city: A prefecture-level city (地级市 Pinyin: d?j? sh?, literally "region-level city") or prefecture-level municipality is an administrative division of the People's Republic of China, ranking below a province and above a county in China's administrative structure. Prefecture-level citie...

Fujian: Fujian (; 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 Stra...

Province: This article is about political regions. See geologic province for geological meanings....