Fu'an
Sign in to save'''' (; Foochow Romanized: Hók-ăng-chê; sometimes Fu An'') is a county-level city of Ningde prefecture level city, in northeast Fujian province, PRC, some North of the provincial capital Fuzhou. Fuzhou and Fu'an of Ningde prefecture along with Cangnan county-level city of Wenzhou prefecture in Zhejiang province make up the Min Dong linguistic and cultural region of China. Fu'an along with Fuzhou and the Eastern Min region are the closest geographically to the nearby Matsu Islands which are an archipelago of 36 islands within the Lienchiang county of Taiwan.
Key facts
- Settlement.settlement_type
- County-level city
- Settlement.name
- Fu'an
- Settlement.other_name
- Fuan
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Fuansquare.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Fu'an 福安 Municipal Square
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- China Fujian
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- Location in Fujian
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- People's Republic of China
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Fujian
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Prefecture-level city
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Ningde
- Settlement.established_title
- Min Yue
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 67.44
- Settlement.population_total
- 609,779
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2020
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- 福安市
- Population
- 609779
- Area
- 1809.75
- Elevation
- 30
- Official website
- www.fjfa.gov.cn
- Image
- 阳头 - panoramio.jpg
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- Fu'an
- postal code
- 355000
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- Found
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- Geography
- Climate
- Demographics
- Intangible Cultural Sights
- Economy
- Education and Work
- Transport
- Road
- Water
- Railway
- Administration
- Subdistricts
- Towns
- Townships and Ethnic Townships
- Notable people
- See also
- References
- External links
'''' (; Foochow Romanized: Hók-ăng-chê; sometimes Fu An'') is a county-level city of Ningde prefecture level city, in northeast Fujian province, PRC, some North of the provincial capital Fuzhou. Fuzhou and Fu'an of Ningde prefecture along with Cangnan county-level city of Wenzhou prefecture in Zhejiang province make up the Min Dong linguistic and cultural region of China. Fu'an along with Fuzhou and the Eastern Min region are the closest geographically to the nearby Matsu Islands which are an archipelago of 36 islands within the Lienchiang county of Taiwan.
During the first imperial Qin dynasty (221 BC–206 BC), Fu'an was a part of the ancestral homeland of the Min Yue tribes and was named as Minzhong County. During the Han dynasty, Fu'an belonged to the area of Min Yueguo. In 1245 of the Song dynasty, Fu'an county was established and classified as Yongle and Linghuo townships. During the previous government of Republic of China, Fu'an was administered as 3 townships and 32 districts. After the establishment of the current government, the People's Republic of China, Fu'an was reorganized into 14 townships.
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