Lianjiang County (ancient Fuzhou Fu Lianjiang County) for the jurisdiction of Fuzhou City, Fujian Province, between latitude 26 ° 07 ′ - 26 ° 27 ′, longitude 119 ° 17 ′ - 120 ° 31 ′ between the east of the Taiwan Straits, the east and Taiwan, the Matsu Islands, the west side of the provincial capital of Fuzhou, the distance between the land 50 kilometers, the county has a total area of 4280 square kilometers, of which the area of the sea area of 3112 square kilometers, the land area of 1168 square kilometers (including the pending reunification of the Matsu Islands). The total area of the county is 4,280 square kilometers, including 3,112 square kilometers of sea area and 1,168 square kilometers of land area (including the Matsu Islands to be unified).
Lianjiang County belongs to the remnants of the Wushu Mountain Range, with high hills in the northwest and northeast of the county, and the terrain is high and sloping to the southeast, with many mountains within the county. Lianjiang County has a mid-subtropical oceanic monsoon climate, which is warm and humid, with abundant rainfall and an average annual temperature of 16.7─19.4℃.
As of the end of 2014, Lianjiang County has 22 townships, except for the Matsu Islands, which are yet to be unified.In 2015, Lianjiang County had a resident population of 581,000, of which 255,400 were in towns and cities, and realized a gross regional product of 35.245 billion yuan.