Fuzhou
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Summary
Fuzhou is a prefecture-level city[1]. Fuzhou ranks in the top 4% of prefecture level city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,878 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: Wetland City Network[3]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Fujian[4]
- Country: People's Republic of China[5]
- Instance of: big city[6], port city[7]
- Capital: Gulou District[8]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Gulou District[9], Taijiang District[10], Cangshan District[11], Mawei District[12], Jin'an District[13], Minhou County[14], Lianjiang County[15], Luoyuan County[16], Minqing County[17], Yongtai County[18], Pingtan County[19], Fuqing[20], Changle District[21]
- Twinned administrative body: Koszalin[22], Nagasaki[23], Singkawang[24], Neubrandenburg[25], Mombasa[26], Omsk[27], Syracuse[28], Tacoma[29], Naha[30], City of Shoalhaven[31], Campinas[32], Liège[33], Honolulu[34], Georgetown[35]
- Legislative body: Q106088545[36]
- Postal code: 350000[37]
- Commons category: Fuzhou[38]
- Licence plate code: 闽A[39]
- Located in time zone: UTC+08:00[40]
- Local dialing code: 0591[41]
- Official website: https://www.fuzhou.gov.cn/[42]
- Topic's main category: Category:Fuzhou[43]
- Commons gallery: Fuzhou[44]
- Population: 8,291,268[45]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[46], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[47], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[48], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[49], Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition[50]
- Capital of: Fujian[51], Min[52]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Fuzhou[53]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Fuzhou[54]
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Brands and Namesakes
Things named for Fuzhou include Fuzhou Changle International Airport[55], an international airport[56], in People's Republic of China[57], founded in 1997[58]; Fukushūen[59], a Chinese garden[60], in Japan[61]; and 15001 Fuzhou[62], an asteroid[63].
Why It Matters
Fuzhou has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[64] Fuzhou is known by 64 alternative names across languages and contexts.[65]
Entities named for Fuzhou include Fuzhou Changle International Airport[55], an international airport[56], in People's Republic of China[57], founded in 1997[58]; Fukushūen[59], a Chinese garden[60], in Japan[61]; and 15001 Fuzhou[62], an asteroid[63].