Zhangzhou

**Zhangzhou** (; formerly Lung-ch'i) is a prefectur-level ceety in soothren Fujian province, Fowkrepublic o Cheenae. Locatit on the banks o the Jiulong River (Beixi), Zhangzhou borders the ceeties o Xiamen an Quanzhou tae the northeast, Longyan tae the northwast an the province o Guangdong (Shantou Ceety) tae the soothwest.

Zhangzhou is home tae 4,809,983 indwallers at the 2010 census whom those o Longwen an Xiacheng destricts are considered as urban.  Thir twa destricts, thegither wi Longhai an Xiamen, fairm a metropolitan aurie that, , is home tae aboot 5 million indwallers.

In aulder Inglis wirks, its name mey appear as **Chang-chow** or **Changchow** an in Sootheast Asian contexts it appears as **Chiang-chew** or **Chiang Chew** frae the Hokkien name.

## Dialect

The main dialect spoken in Zhangzhou is Hokkien, ane o the major Min Nan leids/topolects. But offeecially, fowk uise Mandarin in govrenment, commerce an offeecial business.

## History
In the early 20t century, Zhangzhou-fu wis surroondit bi  o waw (in circumference).
  Its streets wur paved wi granite, but struck some Wastren visitors as dirty, as reportit in the *Encyclopædia Britannica*. The Jiulong River wis crossed bi an 800-fit brig o widen planks supportit on twenty-five stane piers. At this time, hivy silk tradin activity occurred in the ceety, while brick kilns an succar-manufactures wur amang its primary industrial activities.  In 1911, its population wis estimatit aroond 1,000,000.

Zhangzhou's central urban aurie (nou Xiangcheng Destrict) wis occupied in Aprile an Mey 1932 bi a column o Communist guerrillas unner Mao Zedong. Due tae the presence o Wastren gunboats in Xiamen Bay, airms shipments frae the  Soviet Union wur unable tae get up the Jiulong River tae Mao's forces an on tae the main Communist base aurie. Accordin tae some reports, Mao's forces teuk wi them a substantial amoont o loot frae bourgeois residents whan his column retreatit frae the ceety.

## Climate
Zhangzhou haes a monsoon-influenced humid subtropical climate (Köppen *Cfa*), wi mild tae wairm winters an lang, very het an humid simmers. The monthly 24-oor average temperatur ranges frae  in Januar tae  in Julie, an the annual mean is . The frost-free period lasts 330 days.





## Admeenistrative diveesions

The prefectur-level ceety o Zhangzhou admeenisters 2 destricts, 1 coonty-level ceety an 8 coonties.

#Xiangcheng Destrict ()
#Longwen Destrict ()
#Longhai Ceety ()
#Changtai Coonty ()
#Dongshan Coonty ()
#Hua'an Coonty ()
#Nanjing Coonty ()
#Pinghe Coonty ()
#Yunxiao Coonty ()
#Zhangpu Coonty ()
#Zhao'an Coonty ()

## Transportation
Twa passenger stations serve Zhangzhou:
* Zhangzhou East Railway Station on the aulder Yingtan–Xiamen Railway, northeast o the ceety
* Zhangzhou Railway Station on the heich-speed Longyan–Xiamen Railway, opened in 2012, sooth o the ceety

## Eddication
*Zhangzhou Normal College
*Tenfu Tea College

## Notable fowk
*Chen Yuanguang (陳元光), 657–711 CE, militar leader important in facilitatin Han-naitionality dounset an control o modren-day Fujian an northren Guangdong.
*Khaw Soo Cheang, 1786–1882, Sooth Cheenae Sea merchant an a ryally-favoured Govrenor in Thailand.
*Lin Yutang (林语堂), 1895–1976, internaitional author, cultural ambassador a inventor.

## References

## Freemit airtins

*Govrenment wabsteid o Zhangzhou  
*Historic US Airmy cairt o Zhangzhou, 1945