Jinjiang, Quanzhou
福建省泉州市晋江市 Tsinkiang | |
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| City of Jinjiang, City of Quanzhou, Province of Fujian | |
 Jinjiang | |
 Jinjiang in Quanzhou | |
  Jinjiang, Quanzhou Location in Fujian | |
| Coordinates (Jinjiang municipal government): 24°46′54″N 118°33′06″E / 24.7816°N 118.5517°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Fujian |
| Prefecture-level city | Quanzhou |
| City seat | Luoshan Subdistrict (罗山街道) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 721.7 km2 (278.6 sq mi) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 1,986,447 |
| • Density | 2,800/km2 (7,100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 362200 |
| Area code | 0595 |
| Website | www.JinJiang.gov.cn |
Jinjiang City (Chinese: 晋江市; pinyin: Jìnjiāng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chìn-kang) is a county-level city under Quanzhou City, Fujian Province, China. It is located in the southeastern part of the province (Minnan), on the right or south bank of the Jin River, across from Quanzhou's urban district of Fengze and Licheng. Jinjiang also borders the Taiwan Strait of the East China Sea to the south, and Quanzhou's other county-cities of Shishi and Nan'an to the east and west, respectively. It has an area of 721.7 square kilometres (278.6 sq mi) and a population of 1,986,447 as of 2010.[1]
Jinjiang has the only extant Manichean temple in China (Cao'an temple) and is near the eastern end of the world's longest estimated straight-line (great circle) path over land, at 11,241 km (6,985 mi), ending near Sagres, Portugal.[2]