Cities: Ningde | Quanzhou | Sanming | Xiamen

Location: Situated on the southeast China coast, Fujian Province is separated by a 180-km strait from Taiwan, the largest island in China.

Area: 121,400 sq km

Climate: Fujian has a sub-tropical climate, warm and humid. There is distinct difference in climate between north and south, coastal and inland regions, and valleys and mountains. It has an annual temperature of 17¡ã-21¡ãC and an annual precipitation of 1,100-2,000 mm, both increasing from northwest to southeast. Typhoons occur frequently from July to September.

Provincial capital: Fuzhou

Population: 34.71 millions (March 2001)

Ethnic groups: Han, and the She, Hui and Gaoshan ethinic groups.