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Quanzhou

Quanzhou is a coastal city in Province north of and south of . Older romanisations, no longer in use, include Ch'üan-chou, Chuanchow and Chinchew.
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  • Type: City with 8,130,000 residents
  • Description: prefecture-level city in Fujian, China
  • Also known as: “Ch’uan-chou”, “Ch’üan-chou”, “Ch’üan-chou-shih”, “Chin-chiang”, “Chin-chiang-hsien”, “Chin-chiu”, “Choanchiu”, “Chuan Chiew”, “Chuan Chou”, “Chuanchow”, “Chüanchowfu”, “Cyuanjhou”, “Quanzhou City”, “Sintschieuw”, “Tsin-chiang”, “Tsingkianghsien”, “Tsinkiang”, “Tsuan-tsiu”, “Tsuantchew”, and “Zaitun”
  • Historically known as: “Chinchew”, “Chinchu”, and “Zayton”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Donghai.

Suburb
Subdistrict is a subdistrict in Fengze District, Quanzhou, . As of 2023, it administers the following eighteen residential communities:…

Quanzhou

Latitude
24.8755° or 24° 52′ 32″ north
Longitude
118.6724° or 118° 40′ 21″ east
Population
8,130,000
Elevation
14 metres (46 feet)
IATA airport code
JJN
United Nations Location Code
CN QZL
Open location code
7PPWVMGC+6W
Open­Street­Map ID
node 244081721
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1797353
Wiki­data ID
Q68695
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Quanzhou” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Quantsjou”
  • Afrikaans: “Quanzhou”
  • Arabic: “تشوانتشو”
  • Armenian: “Ցյուանչժոու”
  • Asturian: “Quanzhou”
  • Basque: “Quanzhou”
  • Belarusian: “Цюаньчжоў”
  • Bengali: “ছুয়ানচৌ”
  • Catalan: “Quanzhou”
  • Cebuano: “Quanzhou”
  • Chinese: “Choân-chiu-chhī”
  • Chinese: “Quánzhōu Shì”
  • Chinese: “泉州”
  • Chinese: “泉州市”
  • Chinese: “鯉”
  • Chinese: “鲤”
  • Croatian: “Quanzhou”
  • Czech: “Čchüan-čou”
  • Czech: “Quanzhou”
  • Danish: “Quanzhou”
  • Dutch: “Quanzhou”
  • Esperanto: “Ĉjuanĝoŭ”
  • Esperanto: “Quanzhou”
  • Esperanto: “Quánzhōu”
  • Finnish: “Quanzhou”
  • French: “Quanzhou”
  • French: “Tsuan-tcheou”
  • French: “Tsuantcheou”
  • Gan Chinese: “泉州市”
  • German: “Quanzhou”
  • Greek: “Τσουάντζοου”
  • Gujarati: “ક્યુઆનઝોઉ”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Chhièn-chû-sṳ”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Tshièn-chiu-sṳ”
  • Hebrew: “צ’ואנג’ואו”
  • Hindi: “कुआनझोऊ”
  • Hindi: “चिनझोऊ”
  • Hindi: “च्वानजो”
  • Hungarian: “Csüancsou”
  • Indonesian: “Quanzhou”
  • Irish: “Quanzhou”
  • Italian: “Quanzhou”
  • Italian: “Tsuantscieu”
  • Italian: “Zaiton”
  • Italian: “Zaitum”
  • Italian: “Zayton”
  • Japanese: “泉州市”
  • Kannada: “ಕ್ವಾನ್ ಝೌ”
  • Kikuyu: “Quanzhou”
  • Korean: “취안저우 시”
  • Korean: “취안저우시”
  • Kurdish: “Quanzhou”
  • Latin: “Quanzhou”
  • Latvian: “Čiuandžou”
  • Latvian: “Cjuaņdžou”
  • Literary Chinese: “泉州市”
  • Lithuanian: “Čiuandžou”
  • Luxembourgish: “Quanzhou”
  • Macedonian: “Ќуенџоу”
  • Malagasy: “Quanzhou”
  • Malay: “Quanzhou”
  • Maltese: “Quanzhou”
  • Marathi: “क्युओंनझोऊ”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Ciòng-ciŭ”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Cuòng-ciŭ”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Chôan-chiu-chhī”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Tsuânn-tsiu”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Quanzhou”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Quanzhou”
  • Norwegian: “Quanzhou”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Quanzhou”
  • Ossetian: “Цюаньчжоу”
  • Pampanga: “Quanzhou”
  • Persian: “کوانژو”
  • Polish: “Quanzhou”
  • Portuguese: “Chincheu”
  • Portuguese: “Quanzhou”
  • Romanian: “Quanzhou”
  • Russian: “Цюаньчжоу”
  • Scots: “Quanzhou”
  • Serbian: “Ћуенџуо”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Quanzhou”
  • Sinhala: “කුආන්සොහු”
  • Slovak: “Čchüan-čou”
  • Slovenian: “Čuandžou”
  • Spanish: “Quanzhou”
  • Swedish: “Quanzhou”
  • Swiss German: “Quanzhou”
  • Tagalog: “Quanzhou”
  • Tamil: “குவான்ஷோவு”
  • Telugu: “క్కుఅంజ్హౌ”
  • Thai: “เฉวียนโจว”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Quanzhou”
  • Turkish: “Quanzhou”
  • Uighur: “Chüenju shehiri”
  • Ukrainian: “Цюаньчжоу”
  • Urdu: “چوانژو”
  • Venetian: “Quanzhou”
  • Vietnamese: “Tuyền Châu”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Quanzhou”
  • Welsh: “Quanzhou”
  • Western Panjabi: “چوئنژو”
  • Wu Chinese: “泉州”
  • Wu Chinese: “泉州市”
  • Yue Chinese: “泉州”

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