| Fujian Circuit | |
|---|---|
| Simplified Chinese | 福 建 路 |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Fújiàn Lù |
 Fujian Circuit within Song dynasty territory, c. 1100 | |
| Population | |
| • 1162 | 2,828,852 [1] |
| History | |
| • Created | 985 (Song dynasty) |
| • Abolished | 1278 (Yuan dynasty) |
| • HQ | Fu Prefecture |
Fujian Circuit, also translated as Fujian Province, was one of the major circuits during the Tang and Song dynasties of imperial China. Its administrative area corresponds to roughly the modern Chinese province of Fujian. [2]
The Tang-era Fujian Circuit was renamed Wuwei in 896.
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