Minhou
闽侯县 Minhow | |
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 Minhou County within Fuzhou | |
  Minhou Location of the seat in Fujian | |
| Coordinates: 26°09′00″N 119°07′55″E / 26.150°N 119.132°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Fujian |
| Prefecture-level city | Fuzhou |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,136 km2 (825 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 988,200 |
| • Density | 460/km2 (1,200/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Minhou County (simplified Chinese: 闽侯; traditional Chinese: 閩侯; pinyin: Mǐnhòu[1]; in Fuzhounese, Foochow Romanized: Mìng-âu, IPA: /miŋ˨˩ ŋɑu˨˦˨/) is a county in eastern Fujian Province, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Fuzhou, the provincial capital, and lies to the south and to the west of the urban area of Fuzhou. The Min River flows in a southeast direction through the center of the county, and then to the urban area of Fuzhou and into the Taiwan Strait.
- ^ 现代汉语词典(第七版 [A Dictionary of Current Chinese (Seventh Edition)]. Beijing: The Commercial Press. 1 September 2016. p. 547. ISBN 978-7-100-12450-8.
闽侯(Mǐnhòu)，地名，在福建。
Note that this differs in tone from the pronunciation of the second character 侯 in isolation or in other compound words, which is hóu in Standard Mandarin Chinese.