Rank	Area	Resident Population	Jurisdiction area
1	Quanzhou	8879 K	11015km²
2	Fuzhou	8448 K	11968.53km²
3	Xiamen	5308 K	1516km²
4	Zhangzhou	5068 K	12600km²
5	Putian	3199 K	4200km²
6	Ningde	3156 K	13500km²
7	Longyan	2716 K	19028km²
8	Nanping	2651 K	26300km²
9	Sanming	2455 K	22965km²