Which province does Putian belong to?

Putian, a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Fujian Province, was called Xinghua in ancient times, also known as Puyang and Puxian. The territory is high in the northwest and low in the southeast, with a saddle-shaped cross section. Located on the northern edge of the Tropic of Cancer and facing the ocean in the east, it belongs to a typical subtropical maritime monsoon climate. As of 20 18, it governs 1 county 4 districts with a total area of 4,200 square kilometers; The resident population is 2.9 million.

Putian has a profound history, known as "Xinghua", and is known as "Zou Lu on the seashore" and "a famous literary country". Since the Tang Dynasty, there have been 2482 scholars, 2 1 number one scholar and1number seven prime ministers. The infrastructure is perfect, with Meizhou Bay, Xinghua Bay and Pingwan "surrounded by three bays". Meizhou Bay is a good deep-water port, with more than 10,000-ton berths 150.

Fuzhou-xiamen railway and Xiangpu railways run through the whole territory, and the Meizhou Bay port railway branch line is put into use; Fuzhou-Xiamen Expressway, Shenhai Double Track, Puyong Expressway and Meiyu Expressway form a pattern of "two verticals and two horizontals".

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Putian Ping was named for the shallow sea swamp area in history, where cattails grew. The ancestors eradicated cattails and discharged seawater into farmland. Puxian was named as a relatively independent administrative region in 979, the fourth year of Xingguo. Another name is Licheng, named after the ancient litchi.

Also known as Xinghua, Xinghua Army was established in Song Taiping in the fifth year of Xingguo (980), and it was named after Putian, Xianyou and Xinghua counties. Also known as Puyang, it is named after the mountainous north and the Puxian Plain in the south. Also because of the name of "Xing 'an" and the fall of Xinghua Military City, Song Jingyan recovered in the second year (1277), and Duan Xinghua Army sealed Xing 'an House.

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