() is a county-level city in northeastern

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, on

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 ...

's border with

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province.

History

Fuding county was established during the

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in 1739 AD. On December 15, 1950, the Matsu Administrative Office () of

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was established including modern-day

Lienchiang County The Matsu Islands; Foochow Romanized: Mā-cū liĕk-dō̤ ( or ), officially Lienchiang County; Foochow Romanized: Lièng-gŏng-gâing (), are an archipelago of 36 islands and islets in the East China Sea governed by the Republic of China (T ...

(the Matsu Islands), ROC (Taiwan) as well as islands in present-day Haidao Township, Xiapu County and Taishan () in Fuding's Shacheng.

Administrative

Fuding was promoted to county-level city status in 1995. With a population of 553,132 in 2020. The city oversees 3 street committees, 1 development zone, 10 towns and 3 townships, of which one is zoned

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-like for the city's native

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Geography

The city is mountainous and has a good deal of seacoast.

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City lies to the west and Xiapu County to the south. North and east lie counties in

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, Zheji ...

province. Territorial area is , or when including sea area.

Subdistricts

* Shanqian () * Tongshan () * Tongcheng ()

Development area

* Long'an Development Area ()

Towns

* Guanling () * Panxi () * Yushan () * Bailin () * Shacheng () * Guanyang () * Dianxia () * Diantou () * Qinyu () * Qianqi ()

Townships

* Jiayang () * Dieshi ()

Ethnic Townships

* Xiamen She ()

Climate

Culture

The region mostly speaks

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natively. There is a Puxian Min (Hinghwa) speaking community in Fuding.

Transport

Fuding City is located in the strategic region between northeast Fujian and southern Zhejiang provinces. The main road No. 104 pass through Fuding City. Fuding City is also home to the deep sea port Shacheng. The port enables large ships to come to Shacheng port which in turn leads to increase economic activity and trade. The opening of the full-line of Wenfu High Speed Railway on September 28, 2009, improved the transportation conditions. Wenfu and Yongtaiwen High Speed Railway cut the travel time of Fuding–Fuzhou to 1.5h, Fuding–Wenzhou to 0.5h and Fuding–Shanghai to 5h. A ferry service operates across Shacheng Bay, connecting the somewhat isolated town of Shacheng to the Long'an Development Area (the port for Dianxia Town). With the construction of taimu international airport in future, fuding will be more and more open to the outside world.

Attractions

Taimu Mountain

The Taimu Mountain are one of the more famous tourist spots. Known as the "wonderland on the sea", it sports many high and steep mountains, spectacular rock formations, secluded caves, a foggy climate, and additional rivers and parks.

Dayushan Island

is a small tourist island that has rolling grassland and beautiful views of hills and lakes. It is sometimes referred to as the "Heavenly Mountain in South China".

References

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{{Authority control Cities in Fujian County-level divisions of Fujian Ningde