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Prefecture-level city in Fujian, People's Republic of China

Zhangzhou

Zhangzhou is a prefecture-level city in Fujian Province, China.

Zhangzhou
Zhangzhou · Wikimedia Commons (see file page)
The place

Zhangzhou is a prefecture-level city in Fujian Province, China. The prefecture around the city proper comprises the southeast corner of the province, facing the Taiwan Strait and surrounding the prefecture of Xiamen.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Zhangzhou

2 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Nanshan Temple

    Nanshan Temple is a Buddhist temple in the foothills of Mount Danxia to the south of Zhangzhou City, Fujian Province, People's Republic of China. It is one of the most important Chinese Buddhism temples in China.

    1.5 km · building in Nanshan Temple, China · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Minnan Normal University

    Minnan Normal University, previously known as Zhangzhou Normal University is a public university located in Zhangzhou, Fujian, China.

    600 m · university in Zhangzhou, China · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

See

What Wikivoyage says to see

  1. 01
    Zhangzhou Museum
  2. 02
    Nanshan Temple
  3. 03
    Yundongyan Scenic Area
  4. 04
    Fujian Huberliao National Nature Reserve

    Fujian Huberliao National Nature Reserve is located in the southeast of the Bopingling Mountains, and Jiangxi River in Kowloon runs throughout the country.

  5. 05
    Zhangjiangkou Mangrove National Nature Reserve
  6. 06
    Temple of the Emperor Guantai of Dongshan

From Wikivoyage: Zhangzhou, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Eat

Where to eat

Zhangzhou is most famous for its lor mee (卤面 lǔmiàn) braised noodles, the original version of a dish that's become even more well-known as an element of Singaporean, Malaysian, and Indonesian cuisine.

From Wikivoyage: Zhangzhou, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Go there

Getting to Zhangzhou

Airports
Xiamen Gaoqi (XMN), 49 km · Quanzhou Jinjiang (JJN), 100 km · Jieyang Chaoshan (SWA), 158 km
Stations
Zhangzhou railway station, 8.6 km
  • Xiamen → Zhangzhou
    43 km · quickest by road, 1h 1m · ¥20–26
  • Quanzhou → Zhangzhou
    104 km · quickest by road, 2h 7m · ¥46–60
  • Jieyang (Rongcheng) → Zhangzhou
    171 km · quickest by road, 3h 6m · ¥80–105
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Zhangzhou

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Zhangzhou. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Kinmen (Quemoy)TW

    10 ways of moving, 12 sources

    74 km
  2. 02
    Matsu IslandsTW

    9 ways of moving, 34 sources

    298 km
  3. 03
    Orchid Island (Lanyu)TW

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    483 km
  4. 04
    Taketomi and the Yaeyama islandsJP

    12 ways of moving, 17 sources

    653 km
  5. 05
    Zamami and the Kerama IslandsJP

    12 ways of moving, 19 sources

    988 km

If you know how people move in Zhangzhou – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Zhangzhou

Zhangzhou is 44 km from Xiamen, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.