What is "fuzhou"

Fuzhou, formerly romanized as Foochow, is the capital and one of the largest cities in Fujian province, China. Along with the many counties of Ningde, those of Fuzhou are considered to constitute the Mindong (lit. East of Fujian) linguistic and cultural area.

Fuzhou's core counties lie on the north (left) bank of the estuary of Fujian's largest river, the Min River. All along its northern border lies Ningde, and Ningde's Gutian County lies upriver. Fuzhou's counties south of the Min border on Putian, Quanzhou, Sanming and Nanping prefectures. Its population was 7,115,370 inhabitants as of the 2010 census, of whom 4,408,076 inhabitants are urban representing around 61.95%, while rural population is at 2,707,294 representing around 38.05 percent.

Fuzhou (or formerly Foochow, 福州) is the capital city in Fujian, China.

Fuzhou may also refer to:

• Fuzhou, Jiangxi , a city in Jiangxi, China
• Fuzhoucheng , a town in Wafangdian, Liaoning, China
• Fuzhou , a former prefecture in roughly modern Xiantao, Hubei, China
• Fuzhou , a former prefecture in roughly modern Nandan County, Guangxi, China
• Fuzhou , a former prefecture in roughly modern Guangnan County, Yunnan, China
• Fuzhou , a former prefecture in roughly modern Horqin Left Back Banner, Inner Mongolia, China
• Fuzhou , a former prefecture in roughly modern Zhangbei County, Hebei, China
• Fuzhou , a former prefecture in roughly modern Zhaoping County, Guangxi, China
• Fuzhou , a former prefecture in roughly modern Funing County, Yunnan, China
• Fuzhou , a former prefecture in roughly modern Laifeng County, Hubei, China
• Fuzhou , a former prefecture in roughly modern Fengcheng, Jiangxi, China
• Fuzhou , a former prefecture in roughly modern Hechuan District, Chongqing, China
• Fuzhou , a former prefecture in roughly modern Fuling District, Chongqing, China
• Fuzhou , a former prefecture in roughly modern Fugu County, Shaanxi, China
• Fuzhou , a former prefecture in roughly modern Fu County, Shaanxi, China
• Fuzhou , a former prefecture in roughly modern Siping, Jilin, China
• Fuzhou , a former prefecture in roughly modern Songpan County, Sichuan, China
• Fuzhou , a former prefecture in roughly modern Jiuzhaigou County, Sichuan, China