Putian

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莆田市
Pútián Shì

Administration Type	Prefecture-level city
Area	4,200 km²
Population	3 million
GDP	¥8,756 per capita (2003)
Major Nationalities	Han, Hui, Manchurian, She, Zhuang, Miao, Yao, Tujia
County-level divisions	5
Township-level divisions	Unknown
Area Code	594

Putian (simplified Chinese: 莆田; pinyin: Pútián) is a prefecture-level city in eastern Fujian province, People's Republic of China. It borders Fuzhou City to the north, Quanzhou City to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the east.^[1]

1 Administration
2 Economy
3 Tourism
4 College and universities
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Administration

The prefecture-level city of Putian administers 4 districts and 1 county.

Chengxiang District (城厢区)
Hanjiang District (涵江区)
Licheng District (荔城区)
Xiuyu District (秀屿区)
Xianyou County (仙游县)

[edit] Economy

Putian has become an export base for Fujian products. The main industries are shoe-making, brewing, electronics, garments, fruits, vegetables, and machinery, electrical goods^[2]

[edit] Tourism

Meizhou Island, most famous for being the legendary birthplace of the goddess Matsu, is located closely offshore of Putian.

[edit] College and universities

Putian University

[edit] References

[edit] External links

Putian Government Website

v • d • e Fujian Province

History · Politics · Economy · Music

Sub-provincial cities	Xiamen

Prefecture-level cities	Fuzhou · Longyan · Nanping · Ningde · Putian · Quanzhou · Sanming · Zhangzhou

See also: List of Fujian County-level divisions