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: Hók-ăng-chê; sometimes ''Fu An'') is a county-level city of Ningde prefecture level city, in northeast

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province, PRC, some away from the provincial capital

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History

Found

Fu'an county was found in 1245 AD in the

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Modern

In civil war of China, Fu'an was occupied by

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on July, 1949. In November 1989, Fu'an county was abolished, at the same time Fu'an city was established.

Geography

Fu'an is surrounded by hills and the sea. It covers an area of .

Climate

Demographics

By December of 2021, Fu'an has 676,624 residents. With 199031 households. Fu'an City is mainly composed of three ethnic groups:

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and Hui. The She population accounts for about 11% of the city's population, and the Han population accounts for about 88.4% of the total population. The Han include the Tanka people of which there currently are about 7,400. Fu'an dialect in Eastern Min is commonly spoken in the city, whereas She people use She language. The major religion in Fu'an city is

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and other Chinese folk beliefs are also popular. Catholic and Protestant believers accounts for 14% of the total population. There are 47

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and

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churches around the city.

Economy

Fu'an is known for its tea production. One successful local company is the Tan Yang Kunfu tea, which won the gold medal in Panama Pacific International Exposition (Year 1915). Besides tea, the agricultural sector is specialized in grapes, aquaculture and animal husbandry. The three leading industries in Fu'an are the electrical machinery industry, the shipbuilding industry and the food industry . There are more than 730 electrical machinery companies, 84 shipping companies, and more than 800 food processing companies. The main food crops in mountainous and hilly areas are double-season rice and sweet potato. In addition, a variety of economic crops are also planted in coastal plains and valley basins, mainly sugarcane, grapes, edible mushrooms, tea, peaches, bamboo, as well as aquaculture.

Education

One of the first Anglo-Chinese kindergartens was established in Fu'an in 2002.

Transport

Road

* China National Highway 104 *

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* G15 Shenyang–Haikou Expressway *

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* G1514 Ningde–Shangrao Expressway * G4012 Lining Expressway

Water

Fu'an is located on the middle stream of the Jiao River (), the main tributary of the

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(). Fu'an is known for the Baima Harbor(白馬港）, which also bears the name "Golden Passage".Ningde China Investment Online

Railway

* Fu'an Railway Station on the Wenzhou–Fuzhou railway, located near Wanwu Town (), over south from Fu'an's main urban area.

Administration

Fu'an has 4 street committees; the city's executive, legislature and

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are in Chengnan, together with its CPC and PSB branches. The city has 13 towns and 5 townships, of which three are zoned Affirmative action-like for the She nation natives.

Subdistricts

* Chengbei () * Chengnan () * Yangtou () * Luojiang ()

Towns

* Muyang () * Shangbaishi () * Xitan () * Xiabaishi () * Saiqi () * Xiwei () * Shekou () * Tantou () * Xiaoyang () * Xibing () * Gantang () * Chengyang () * Wanwu ()

Townships and Ethnic Townships

* Songluo () * Fankang () * Kangcuo She () * Muyun She () * Banzhong She ()

Notable people

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Francis Ferdinand de Capillas Francis Fernández (or Ferdinand) de Capillas (15 August 1607 – 15 January 1648) was a Spanish Dominican friar who went as a missionary to Asia. He died in China as a martyr. He was canonized by Pope John Paul II on 1 October 2000, as one of th ...

, who was

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ed here

References

External links

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