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Fuzhou ( Chinese : 福 州 ; formerly Foochow ) is the capital and one of the largest cities in Fujian province, China . Along with the many counties of Ningde , those of Fuzhou are considered to constitute the Mindong (lit. East of Fujian) linguistic and cultural area.
Fuzhou's core counties lie on the north (left) bank of the estuary of Fujian's largest river, the Min River . All along its northern border lies Ningde, and Ningde's Gutian County lies upriver. Fuzhou's counties south of the Min border on Putian , Quanzhou , Sanming and Nanping prefectures. Its population was 7,115,370 inhabitants as of the 2010 census, of whom 4,408,076 inhabitants are urban representing around 61.95%, while rural population is at 2,707,294 representing around 38.05 percent.
In older publications, the name "Fuzhou" (福州) was variously romanized as Foochow , Fuchow , Fūtsu , Fuh-Chow , Hock Chew or Hokchew .