Minhou (hòu) County, known as "the first town of eight Fujian", belonging to Fuzhou City, Fujian Province, is located in the eastern part of Fujian Province, southwest of the provincial capital of Fuzhou City, between latitude 25 ° 47' ~ 26 ° 36', longitude 118 ° 52' ~ 119 ° 25'. It is 89.7 kilometers long from north to south and 55.75 kilometers wide from east to west, with a total area of 2,136 square kilometers. The territory of Minhou County belongs to the central subtropical monsoon climate zone. As of 2019, Minhou County has 1 street, 8 towns, and 6 townships under its jurisdiction, with the county government stationed at Ganji Street. As of the end of 2022, Minhou County had a household population of 544,544,000.
In the first year of Qin Shihuang (221 BC), Qin unified the whole country and built Minzhong County in present-day Fu, to which the territory belongs. Song Taipingxingguo six years (981), analyzed Min County 9 townships set Huai'an County. Min, Houguan, Huai'an 3 counties are subordinate to Fuzhou Weiwu Army. In the Yuan Dynasty, Min, Houguan and Huai'an counties were under the jurisdiction of Fuzhou Road.
In March, 1913, Min County and Houguan County were merged into Minhou County. Minhou County within the territory of seven towns and Fuzhou city border or across the river, Hongtang, Pushang, Wanbian and other seven cross-river bridge (excluding railroad bridges, high-speed bridges) Minhou and Fuzhou city connected to the territory of high-speed high-speed railroads, national highways and provincial highways running across the intervening area, the formation of a 30-minute traffic circle around the city.
In 2022, the gross regional product will be 100.92 billion yuan, an increase of 4.5% over 2021.