What does Putian mean?

Putian is a local name. It is a prefecture-level city in Fujian. Xinghua in ancient times, also known as Puyang and Puxian. Known as "Zou Lu on the seashore" and "a famous literary country", it is a famous historical and cultural city in Fujian Province.

Putian is located in the central coastal area of Fujian, facing the Taiwan Province Strait in the east, Fuzhou in the north and Quanzhou in the south. It is a famous hometown of overseas Chinese. As of 20 12, there are overseas Chinese10.5 million in Putian, distributed in 84 countries and regions.

Putian has four municipal districts (Chengxiang District, Hanjiang District, Licheng District and Xiuyu District) and 1 county (Xianyou County). There are 8 streets, 39 towns, 7 townships and 54 township-level administrative regions. Community neighborhood committee 9 1, villagers committee 882 * * * 973.

In addition, People's Republic of China (PRC) claims that Wuqiu Township (formerly Putian County, Fujian Province) managed by kinmen county, Fujian Province of the Republic of China is under the jurisdiction of Wuqiu Village, Meizhou Town, Xiuyu District, Putian City, Fujian Province, but has no actual control.

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Putian has a maritime subtropical monsoon climate, with annual average temperature 18℃-2 1℃, annual average sunshine hours 1995.9 hours, frost-free period of 300-350 days and annual rainfall1000-/800 mm.

Sunshine time gradually increases from mountainous areas to coastal areas. The temperature gradually decreases from the southeast coast to the northwest inland mountainous area. The annual average temperature is between 65438 06℃ and 265438 0℃. The average annual frost-free period is between 365,438+06 days and 350 days. In agricultural production, most of the land in this city is suitable for planting three crops a year.

The monsoon is obvious and the coastal wind is strong, which is also a feature of Putian's climate. The main wind directions are northeast wind and southwest wind; The direction of winter and summer monsoon changes obviously with the seasons, and it is mostly northerly in winter.

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Baidu encyclopedia-Putian