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Nan'an is a county-level city of southern Fujian province, People's Republic of China. It is under the administration of Quanzhou City and as of 2010, had a total population of 1,500,000. More than 3,000,000 overseas Chinese trace their ancestry to Nan'an.

History
Nan'an is located on the southeastern coast of Fujian province. It has been the centre of the 3 Wu Kingdoms. Nan'an history dates back 1700 years. Nan'an has been the economic and cultural centre for Minnan people.

Geography and climate
Nan'an experiences subtropical monsoonal humid climate. It has an average temperature of 20.9 °C. It has 349 days which is frost free. The average temperature in January is 12.1 °C; The average temperature in July is 28.9 °C. Rain comes seasonally in Spring and Summer.

The city covers an area of 2036 km2. It includes the existing cultivated land of 344.9 km2, garden plot of 207.4 km2, woodland area of 883.4 km2，grassland are of 0.13 km2, other agricultural land area of 81.36 km2, construction land of 299.1 km2, and unused land of 218.98 km2.

Nan'an is situated below Anxi County, adjacent to Jinjiang to the east and Tong'an District to the West. Nan'an is 97 km from Xiamen. It is 30 km from Quanzhou and 220 km from the provincial capital, Fuzhou.

Economy
Nan'an is fast developing into an economic and industrial hub for Quanzhou prefecture. Its close proximity to economic centres such as Xiamen, Guangzhou, Fuzhou, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen makes it an important investment location for foreign investments and Taiwan businessmen.

Nan'an has very strong rail infrastructure and road links making it a gateway for tourism as well as commerce.

People

 * Hong Chengchou
 * Zheng Zhilong
 * Liu Zaifu
 * Koxinga