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Ningde
Ningde,; Foochow Romanized: Nìng-dáik; also known as ''Mindong''; zh, s=闽东, p=Mǐndōng, links=no; Foochow Romanized: Mìng-dĕ̤ng; lit. East of Fujian previously Chinese postal romanization, romanized as Ningteh and Ning-Taik, is a prefecture-level city, city located along the northeastern coast of Fujian, China. It borders the provincial capital of Fuzhou, Fuzhou City to the south, Wenzhou, Wenzhou Prefecture of Zhejiang to the north, and Nanping to the west. The prefecture-level city, prefecture-level Ningde City administers 1 district of China, district, 2 county-level city, cities, 6 County (People's Republic of China), counties, as well as 124 Town (China), towns, Townships of the People's Republic of China, townships and Subdistricts of China, subdistricts. Listed below are the district, cities and counties, first four of which are coastal whereas the rest are located in mountainous areas. Situated roughly north of the Tropic of Cancer, the prefecture of Ningde sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jiaocheng, Ningde
Jiaocheng (; Foochow Romanized: Ciĕu-siàng) is a district of Ningde, Fujian province, People's Republic of China. Also called ''Ningde Shiqu'' (宁德市区 - Ningde Centre), the district seats the municipality's executive, legislature and Intermediate People's Court, judiciary, together with its Communist Party of China, Communist Party and Public security bureau (China), Public Security Bureau. Situation Jiaocheng is bordered by Xiapu County, Xiapu and Pingnan County, Fujian, Pingnan counties to the east and west, Zhouning County and Fu'an City to the north, and to the south by Fuzhou municipality's Gutian County, Gutian and Luoyuan County, Luoyuan counties. A large deep-water bay Sandu Ao () (Santuao) gives access to the East China Sea. Administration The district oversees two Subdistrict (China), subdistricts (), one Economic and Technological Development Zones, Development zone (), ten Towns of the People's Republic of China, towns () and four Townships of the People's Rep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastern Min
Eastern Min or Min Dong (, Foochow Romanized: ) is a branch of the Min group of the Chinese languages of China. The prestige form and most commonly cited representative form is the Fuzhou dialect, the speech of the capital of Fujian. Geographic distribution Fujian and vicinity Eastern Min varieties are mainly spoken in the eastern region of Fujian, in and near the cities of Fuzhou and Ningde. This includes the traditional ''Ten Counties of Fuzhou'' ( zh, c=福州十邑, p=Fúzhōu Shí Yì; Foochow Romanized: ), a region that consists of present-day Pingnan, Gutian, Luoyuan, Minqing, Lianjiang, Changle, Minhou, Yongtai, Fuqing and Pingtan, as well as the urban area of Fuzhou proper. It is also widely encountered as the first language of the Matsu Islands controlled by Taiwan. Historically, the Eastern Min varieties in the Matsu Islands were seen as a part of the Lianjiang variety. The establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949 separated the Matsu Is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fujian
Fujian is a provinces of China, province in East China, southeastern China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, Guangdong to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the east. Its capital is Fuzhou and its largest prefecture city by population is Quanzhou, with other notable cities including the port city of Xiamen and Zhangzhou. Fujian is located on the west coast of the Taiwan Strait as the closest province geographically and culturally to Taiwan; as a result of the Chinese Civil War, a small portion of historical Fujian is administered by Taiwan, romanized as Fuchien Province, Republic of China, Fuchien. While the population predominantly identifies as Han Chinese, Han, it is one of China's most culturally and linguistically diverse provinces. The dialects of the language group Min Chinese are most commonly spoken within the province, including the Fuzhou dialect and Eastern Min of Northeastern Fujian province and various Southern Min and Hokkien dial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xiapu County
Xiapu (; Foochow Romanized: Hà-puō) is a county in the municipal region of Ningde, Fujian, People's Republic of China, located along a stretch of East China Sea coast, with many harbours and islands. It is bordered by Fuding City and Zherong County to the north, Fu'an City and Ningde's urban area to the west, and Luoyuan County, Fuzhou and the Matsu Islands of Lienchiang County, Republic of China (Taiwan) to the south. Xiapu is famous among landscapes lover photographers. *Area: *Population: 475,900 (2020) *Postal code: 355100 Administration The county executive, legislature and judiciary are in (), together with the CPC branch. The county court and PSB branch are in (), the county hospital and industrial district are in (). Xiapu has jurisdiction over 6 towns () and over 6 townships (), of which three are ethnic townships designated for the native She people. Zhouyang Township (州洋乡) was once a township under the jurisdiction of Xiapu and was abolished in 2003 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Taimu
Mount Taimu () is a mountain in Ningde, Fujian, China. It is located 46km south of the county-level city of Fuding. Mythology In Chinese mythology, the mountain was considered a gathering point for deities from the East China Sea The East China Sea is a marginal sea of the Western Pacific Ocean, located directly offshore from East China. China names the body of water along its eastern coast as "East Sea" (, ) due to direction, the name of "East China Sea" is otherwise .... Tourism Since 2013, it has been classified as a AAAAA scenic area by the China National Tourism Administration. The mountain and its surroundings contain scenic waterfalls, caves, temples, and hills. References {{reflist Mountains of Fujian Geography of East China AAAAA-rated tourist attractions Tourist attractions in Fujian Tourist attractions in Ningde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fuzhou
Fuzhou is the capital of Fujian, China. The city lies between the Min River (Fujian), Min River estuary to the south and the city of Ningde to the north. Together, Fuzhou and Ningde make up the Eastern Min, Mindong linguistic and cultural region. Fuzhou's population was 8,291,268 as of the 2020 Chinese census. Like other prefecture-level city, prefecture-level cities in China, its administrative area contains both urban and rural areas: in 2020, 72.49% of inhabitants (6,010,242) were urban, while 27.51% (2,281,026) were rural. As of 31 December 2018, the total population was estimated at 7,740,000 whom 4,665,000 lived in the built-up (''or metro'') area made of five urban districts plus Minhou County. In 2015, Fuzhou was ranked as the 10th fastest growing metropolitan area in the world by Brookings Institution. Fuzhou is listed as No. 20 in the China Integrated City Index 2016's total ranking, a study conducted by the National Development and Reform Commission. Fuzhou is also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shouning County
Shouning County (; Foochow Romanized: Sêu-nìng-gâing) is a small county located in the northeast of Fujian province of People's Republic of China, bordering Zhejiang province to the northeast. It is under the jurisdiction of Ningde City, An Eastern Min dialect of Min Chinese (similar to the Fuzhou dialect) is spoken there. There are a number of covered bridges located there, and of the 100 or so woven timber arch "lounge bridges" throughout China, Shouning County has 19. The county hosted the second international conference on Chinese covered bridges from September 20 to 23, 2007. Beilu opera (also called ''Luantan''), a variety of Min opera, is popular in Shouning County. The county spans an area of , and has a population of about 177,960 as of 2020. History Shouning County was first established in 1455, under the reign of the Jingtai Emperor of the Ming dynasty. Administrative divisions Shouning County comprises eight towns and six townships. These are then divided i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foochow Romanized
Fuzhou is the capital of Fujian, China. The city lies between the Min River estuary to the south and the city of Ningde to the north. Together, Fuzhou and Ningde make up the Mindong linguistic and cultural region. Fuzhou's population was 8,291,268 as of the 2020 Chinese census. Like other prefecture-level cities in China, its administrative area contains both urban and rural areas: in 2020, 72.49% of inhabitants (6,010,242) were urban, while 27.51% (2,281,026) were rural. As of 31 December 2018, the total population was estimated at 7,740,000 whom 4,665,000 lived in the built-up (''or metro'') area made of five urban districts plus Minhou County. In 2015, Fuzhou was ranked as the 10th fastest growing metropolitan area in the world by Brookings Institution. Fuzhou is listed as No. 20 in the China Integrated City Index 2016's total ranking, a study conducted by the National Development and Reform Commission. Fuzhou is also a major city for scientific research, appearing in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County-level City
A county-level city () is a County-level divisions of China, county-level administrative division of the China, People's Republic of China. County-level cities have judiciary, judicial but no legislature, legislative rights over their own local ordinance, local law and are usually governed by Administrative divisions of China#Prefectural level (2nd), prefecture-level divisions, but a few are governed directly by Administrative divisions of China#Provincial level (1st), province-level divisions. A county-level city is a "city" () and "county" () that have been merged into one unified jurisdiction. As such, it is simultaneously a city, which is a municipal entity, and a county, which is an administrative division of a prefecture. Most county-level cities were created in the 1980s and 1990s by replacing denser populated Counties of China, counties. County-level cities are not "city, cities" in the strictest sense of the word, since they usually contain rural areas many times the size ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nanping
Nanping; historically known as Yanping ( zh, s=延平, poj=Iân-pêng is a third-tier prefecture-level city in northwestern Fujian province of China, Province, China, People's Republic of China. It borders Ningde to the east, Sanming to the south, and the provinces of Zhejiang and Jiangxi to the north and west respectively. Part of the famous Wuyi Mountains, Bú-î Mountains range is located in this prefecture. Its population was 2,680,645 as of the 2020 census, of whom 795,448 lived in the built-up (or metro) area made up of Yanping District, Yanping and Jianyang District, Jianyang urban districts.At the end of 2024 and the beginning of 2025, the permanent population will be 2.623 million. Nanping is a picturesque old city, located on a hill near the fall of the Jianxi Brook into the Min River (Fujian), Min, and surrounded by high stone walls, which were used to prevent artillery fire. They formed a considerable obstacle to anything hostile in past conflicts. The city flower is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wenzhou
Wenzhou; Chinese postal romanization, historically known as Wenchow is a prefecture-level city in China's Zhejiang province. Wenzhou is located at the extreme southeast of Zhejiang, bordering Lishui, Zhejiang, Lishui to the west, Taizhou, Zhejiang, Taizhou to the north, and the province of Fujian to the south. The area consists of mostly mountainous terrain, as well as hundreds of islands off the East China Sea coast, which is nearly in length. At the time of the 2010 Chinese census, 3,039,500 people lived in Wenzhou's urban area. The greater Wenzhou prefecture, which also includes three Satellite city, satellite cities and six counties, had a population totalling 9,122,100, of which 31.16% are Hukou system, residents originally from outside of Wenzhou. During the 19th century, the progenitor city of modern Wenzhou was known as Yungkia ( zh, c=永嘉, ''Yǒngjiā''), a prosperous Treaty port#Chinese treaty ports, foreign treaty port that remains well-preserved today. Being sit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
District Of China
The term ''district'', in the context of China, is used to refer to several unrelated political divisions in both ancient and modern China. In the modern context, district ( zh, s=区, labels=no), formally city-governed district, city-controlled district, or municipal district ( zh, s=市辖区, links=no, labels=no), are subdivisions of a municipality or a prefecture-level city. The rank of a district derives from the rank of its city. Districts of a municipality are prefecture-level; districts of a sub-provincial city are sub-prefecture-level; and districts of a prefecture-level city are county-level. The term was also formerly used to refer to obsolete county-controlled districts (also known as district public office). However, if the word ''district'' is encountered in the context of ancient Chinese history, then it is a translation for ''xian'', another type of administrative division in China. Before the 1980s, cities in China were administrative divisions containi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
