Fokien, a maritime province of China, bounded N. by Chekiang, W. and N. W. by Ki-angsi, S. by Kwangtung, and S. E. by the China sea; area, 53,480 sq. m.; pop. estimated in 1842 at 26,000,000. It abounds in bays and islands, including Amoy, Haitan, and part of Formosa. The Min and its tributaries are the principal rivers. The country, though generally mountainous, is exceedingly well cultivated. The hills are cut in terraces, and the valleys are beautiful and fertile; and agriculture is greatly promoted by artificial irrigation. The products are excellent black tea, rice, wheat, barley, sweet potatoes, camphor, sugar, iron, indigo, tobacco, and alum. Porcelain and cloth are made. The chief imports are corn, drugs, fruits, and salted meats. Capital, Foochow.

FOKSHAN1, a frontier town of Roumania, 104 m. N. E. of Bucharest, divided by the river Milkov between the provinces of Wallachia and Moldavia, the smaller part belonging to the latter; pop. estimated at 20,000. The best Moldavian wine is produced in its vicinity. A congress of Russian and Turkish diplomatists was held here in 1772. Near the town the Russians and Austrians defeated the Turks, July 21, 1789.