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The characters 泉州 are also used for "Senshū," an alternate name for the former Japanese province of Izumi Quanzhou () is a Prefecture-level City in southeastern Fujian Province , People's Republic Of China . It borders all other prefecture-level cities in Fujian but two ( Ningde and Nanping ) and faces the Taiwan Strait . In older English works, its name may appear as '''Chinchew''' or '''Chinchu'''. In medieval Western accounts it is known as '''Zaytun''' or '''Zaitun''', from the Arabic transcription (زيتون). The People's Republic of China claims Jinmen County — more widely known as Quemoy — as part of Quanzhou, but the territory is currently under the jurisdiction of Taiwan . HISTORY Quanzhou is built in 718 . In Song Dynasty and Yuan Dynasty , Quanzhou was one of the world's largest harbour. It's been called the starting point of silk road on sea. DIALECT Min Nan () GOVERNANCE The Prefecture-level City of Quanzhou administers 4 Districts , 3 County-level Cities and 5 Counties .
CULTURE Quanzhou is one of the twenty-four famous historic cultural cities firstly approved by Chinese Government.
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