Zhangzhou

漳州市
Zhāngzhōu Shì
Image:ChinaFujianZhangzhou.png
Administration Type	Prefecture-level city
Area	12607 km²^[1]
Population	3 760 000^[2]
GDP	RMB 62.9 billion (2005) ^[3]
Major Nationalities	Fujianese:Han
County-level divisions	11
Township-level divisions	Unknown
Area Code	596

Zhangzhou (Chinese: 漳州; pinyin: Zhāngzhōu; Wade-Giles: Chang¹-chou¹) is a prefecture-level city in southern Fujian province, People's Republic of China. Located on the banks of the Xi River, Zhangzhou borders the cities of Xiamen (廈門) and Quanzhou (泉州) to the northeast, Longyan City to the northwest and the province of Guangdong to the southwest.

In older English works, its name may appear as Chang-Chow or Changchow.

Dialect

The main dialect spoken in Zhangzhou is Min Nan (traditional Chinese: 閩南語; simplified Chinese: 闽南语). But officially, people use Standard Mandarin in government, commerce and official business.

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See also: List of Fujian County-level divisions