Pucheng County () is a county under the jurisdiction of the

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of Nanping, in northern

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province, People's Republic of China, bordering

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to the northwest and

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to the east; it is the northernmost county-level division of Fujian. The county is named for the Nanpu Brook, a major tributary to the Min River.

Geography

Pucheng comprises in the Wuyi Mountains which separates Fujian and

provinces. It borders Songxi County to the southeast, Jianyang District to the south and Wuyishan City (location of the famous UNESCO park) to the west, all within Nanping. The municipality of

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, Jiangxi, borders to the northwest; those of

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, to the north, and

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, to the east, are in

Climate

Culture

Language

The Pucheng dialect shares some features with Wu, but is classed among the Southern

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. It is however not demonstrably a member of the

Min Min or MIN may refer to: Places * Fujian, also called Mǐn, a province of China ** Min Kingdom (909–945), a state in Fujian * Min County, a county of Dingxi, Gansu province, China * Min River (Fujian) * Min River (Sichuan) * Mineola (Amtr ...

subgroup (which covers almost all of Fujian), and pending further research must stand as an isolate - the sole exemplar of the ''Pucheng group'' of Southern Chinese. Some Wu dialects and the Northern Min dialect of Shibei are also spoken in Pucheng.

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* Pucheng-style

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-school

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Administrative divisions

The county administers 2 street offices, 9

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and 8 townships. The county executive, legislature and

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are in Nanpu Street Office, together with the CPC and PSB branches.''Fujian Sheng Dituce'', China Map Publishing, 1999, . p.43

Subdistricts (街道, ''jiedao'')

* Nanpu () - the county seat * Hebin ()

Towns (镇, ''zhen'')

* Fuling () * Shibei () * Linjiang () * Xianyang () * Shuibeijie () * Yongxing () * Zhongxin () * Liantang () * Jiumu ()

Townships (乡, ''xiang'')

*Wan'an() *Gulou() *Shanxia () *Fengxi() *Haocun() *Guancuo() *Panting() *Guanlu()

Transportation

Expressway

* S03₁₁ Pucheng- Jianning Expressway

Specialty

* Pucheng Rouyan/Taipingyan () * tofu ball () * osmanthus tea () * wild jujube cake () * baojiu ()

Archaeology

In 2006 mound tombs of the Wuyue Kingdom were discovered in Guanjiu village. (The kingdom was contemporary with the

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and

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of the

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-centred

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). Considered a strongly significant element of Wuyue culture, these are the first such tombs discovered in Fujian Province. 72 bronze funerary articles were excavated from the tombs, making the excavation the largest harvest of bronze items in Fujian archaeological history.

Notable persons

Ye Jianming Ye Jianming (; born 23 February 1977 − disappeared from public view in March 2018) is a Chinese businessman. He is the founder and former chairman of CEFC China Energy Company Limited, a now defunct company that used to be a Global Fortune 500 ...

, founder and former Chairman of CEFC China Energy Company Limited

References

External links

Pucheng County official site
{{Authority control County-level divisions of Fujian Nanping