Jinjiang, Quanzhou

Jinjiang 晋江市 Tsinkiang
County-level city
City of Jinjiang, City of Quanzhou, Province of Fujian
Jinjiang
Jinjiang in Quanzhou
Jinjiang Location in Fujian
Coordinates (Jinjiang municipal government): 24°46′54″N 118°33′06″E / 24.7816°N 118.5517°E / 24.7816; 118.5517
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  (2020 census)
• Total	2,061,551
• Density	2,900/km2 (7,400/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 2,061,551 as of 2020.^[1][2]

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.^[3]