Putian

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莆田市
Pútián Shì

Administration Type	Prefecture-level city
Area	4,200 km²
Population	3 million
GDP	¥8,756 per capita (2003)
Major Nationalities	Han, Hui, Manchurian, She, Zhuang, Miao, Yao, Tujia
County-level divisions	5
Township-level divisions	Unknown
Area Code	594

Putian (Simplified Chinese: 莆田; pinyin: Pútián) is a prefecture-level city in eastern Fujian province, People's Republic of China. It borders Fuzhou City to the north, Quanzhou City to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the east.

The prefecture-level city of Putian administers 4 districts and 1 county.

Chengxiang District (城厢区)
Hanjiang District (涵江区)
Licheng District (荔城区)
Xiuyu District (秀屿区)
Xianyou County (仙游县)

Meizhou Island, most famous for being the legendary birthplace of the goddess Matsu, is located closely offshore of Putian.

Putian University

Prefecture-level divisions of Fujian

Sub-provincial cities:	Xiamen
Prefecture-level cities:	Fuzhou \| Longyan \| Nanping \| Ningde Putian \| Quanzhou \| Sanming \| Zhangzhou

List of Fujian County-level divisions

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