In which province is Zhangzhou a city?

Zhangzhou is a city in Fujian Province.

Zhangzhou City is located at the southern end of the Golden Triangle in southern Fujian. Zhangzhou city has a land area of ??12,600 square kilometers and a sea area of ??18,600 square kilometers. As of October 2022, Zhangzhou governs 4 municipal districts and 7 counties, and the municipal government is located in Xiangcheng District. As of the end of 2022, Zhangzhou City has a permanent population of 5.068 million. Ten thousand years ago, ancestors lived and thrived in this fertile soil. In the 25th year of the First Emperor of Qin, it was included in the central territory of Qin and belonged to Minzhong County.

Zhangzhou has attractions such as the Nanjing Tulou on the World Heritage List, Dongshan Island, Zhangzhou Binhai Volcano National Geological Park, and Yundong Rock. Zhangzhou City is a national historical and cultural city, a national civilized city, a national cultural and ecological reserve, a national sanitary city, a national dual-support model city, and an outstanding tourist city in China.

Topography characteristics of Zhangzhou City

Zhangzhou is mountainous. The terrain is generally high in the northwest and low in the southeast. The Bopingling Mountains lie across the northwest border, and the remaining Daiyun Mountains penetrate deep into the northern territory. . Daxi, Anhou, Guoqiang and Xiazhai in Pinghe County, west of Nankeng and Shipyard in Nanjing County, Shuyang in Nanjing, and east of Luxi, Changle and Jiufeng in Pinghe County are the highest terrains in the city, and also The birthplace of Jiulong River Xixi, Zhangjiang, Dongxi, Luxi, Jiufengxi and other rivers.

The four counties of Longhai, Zhangpu, Yunxiao and Zhao'an in the south of Zhangzhou are close to the sea. Dongshan was originally an island county. After the Bachimen seawall was built in the early 1960s, it has been connected to the mainland by land. connected to form an artificial peninsula. The coastline is winding and has many bays. From the mouth of the Jiulong River to the coastal boundary between Zhao'an and Raoping, Guangdong, the general direction of the coastline is northeast, with a frontal width of about 128 kilometers and a coastline length of 631 kilometers.

Reference for the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Zhangzhou City