() is a county of central
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 prefe ...
province,
People's Republic of China
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. It is placed under the jurisdiction of the
Sanming City.
History
Before the year 1535, this area belonged to four counties:
Youxi,
Dehua,
Yong'an and
Zhangping. Datian County was set up and affiliated to Yanping Fu (延平府, modern
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 sou ...
) in 1535. The county changed affiliate to Yongchun Zhou (永春州, modern
Yongchun County) in 1734, then to Yong'an Division (永安专区, modern
Sanming Prefecture) in 1949.
Administrative divisions
Towns:
*Junxi (), Shangjing (), Guangping (), Taoyuan (), Taihua (), Jianshe (), Shipai (), Qitao ()
Townships:
*Huaxing Township (), Pingshan Township (), Wushan Township (), Jiyang Township (), Wuling Township (), Xieyang Township (), Wenjiang Township (), Meishan Township (), Humei Township (), Qianping Township ()
Demographics
The population of the district was 362,566 inhabitants in 1999.
[National Population Statistics Materials by County and City - 1999 Period,''in]
fas.harvard.edu / ~ chgis/work/downloads/faqs/1999_pop_faq.html China City & County Population 1999, Harvard China Historical GIS
The people speak
Datian Min, which is sometimes considered a dialect of
Southern Min
Southern Min (), Minnan ( Mandarin pronunciation: ) or Banlam (), is a group of linguistically similar and historically related Chinese languages that form a branch of Min Chinese spoken in Fujian (especially the Minnan region), most of Taiwa ...
(Minnan), although due to its low intelligibility with the latter is also considered a separate branch of
Min Chinese
Min ( zh, t=, s=闽语, p=Mǐnyǔ, poj=Bân-gú / Bân-gír / Bân-gí; Bàng-uâ-cê, BUC: ''Mìng-ngṳ̄'') is a broad group of Sinitic languages with about 75 million native speakers. These languages are spoken in Fujian province and Chaoshan ...
.
Climate
Notes and references
External links
Government site
County-level divisions of Fujian
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