Changle
长乐区 Diongloh; Changlo | |
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| Nickname: Hometown of Overseas Chinese | |
  Changle Location in Fujian | |
| Coordinates: 25°55′N 119°33′E / 25.917°N 119.550°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Fujian |
| Prefecture-level city | Fuzhou |
| Area | |
| • District | 690.2 km2 (266.5 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • District | 790,262 |
| • Density | 1,100/km2 (3,000/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 474,261 (60%) |
| • Rural | 316,001 (40%) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
(simplified Chinese: 长乐; traditional Chinese: 長樂; pinyin: Chánglè, Foochow Romanized: Diòng-lŏ̤h) is one of 6 urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Fuzhou, the capital of Fujian Province, China. It occupies a land area of 648 square kilometers (250 sq mi) and a sea area of 1,327 square kilometers (512 sq mi). Changle was established in the sixth year of Emperor Wude (623 AD) during the Tang dynasty, and it became a county-level city on February 18, 1994. The district faces the East China Sea and is connected to Mawei district by the Min River. Due to an increase in businesses, the province is now one of the richest provinces in China. The city was upgraded to a district in August 2017 by a government proposal.
Located 30 kilometers (19 mi) outside downtown Fuzhou, Changle has a total population of 680,000 and is the hometown of more than 700,000 overseas Chinese.