Zhangzhou, also known as the hometown of narcissus flowers, is located at the southern end of the Southern Fujian Golden Triangle and is a prefecture level city in Fujian Province. As of 2021, the city currently governs four districts, seven counties, and five development zones. Zhangzhou has a land area of 12600 square kilometers and a sea area of 18600 square kilometers. As of the end of 2022, the resident population was 5.068 million, and the regional GDP reached 570658 billion yuan. China's "Rural City" and "Ecological City" are also national Minnan cultural and ecological protection areas.
The terrain of the jurisdiction slopes from northwest to southeast, and the landforms are in the order of medium and low mountains, hilly plateaus, and alluvial plains. There is the largest Zhangzhou Plain in Fujian Province. The climate is mild and belongs to the subtropical monsoon humid climate. The Zhangzhou Plain is the largest plain in the province, and the Jiulong River is the second largest river in Fujian Province. There are many agricultural products, including 47 types of fruits, 35 types of vegetables, over 1200 varieties of flowers, more than 1000 types of other herbs, woody plants, vines, and over 400 types of fish, shrimp, shellfish, algae, etc; The water resources are relatively abundant, with a total volume of 17.8 billion cubic kilometers. The advantageous and characteristic minerals include natural quartz sand, granite, Hua'an jade, silver, gold, copper, lead and zinc metal mines, kaolin, geothermal, mineral water, etc.
As of 2022, there are 7 regular higher education institutions, 16 secondary vocational education schools, 76 regular high schools, 132 regular junior high schools, and 821 regular primary schools in the field of education; In terms of technology, it has 15 provincial key laboratories for enterprises, 43 provincial engineering technology research centers for enterprises, 5 provincial science and technology enterprise incubators, and 1 industrial technology public service platform; In terms of medical and health care, there are a total of 3984 medical and health institutions at all levels and types.
In the 25th year of Emperor Qin Shi Huang's reign (222 BC), it was included in the central map of Qin and belonged to Minzhong Commandery; In the second year of the Chuigong reign of the Tang Dynasty (686 AD), General Chen Yuanguang applied for approval to establish Zhangzhou and established the Zhangzhou Prefectural Government. Later, it was renamed Zhangzhou Commandery, Zhangzhou Prefecture, etc; After the establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949, it was renamed as the Sixth Administrative Region of Fujian Province, also known as the Longxi Special Zone; In 1985, it was changed to Zhangzhou City. Zhangzhou is a historical and cultural city announced by the State Council in 1986. It has produced many famous figures throughout history, including Lu Xie, the author of the Ming Dynasty's "East West Western Study", Huang Daozhou, the "Fujian Sea Scholar" of the early Qing Dynasty, and Lin Yutang, a modern cultural figure. Folk arts such as puppetry and Xiang opera are rich and colorful
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