Luoyuan County (;

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 ...

: Lò̤-nguòng) is a

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on the northeast coast of

Fujian Province Fujian is a province in 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 Qua ...

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. It is under the administration of the

prefecture-level city A prefecture-level city () or prefectural city is an administrative division of the China, People's Republic of China (PRC), ranking below a province of China, province and above a Counties of the People's Republic of China, county in China's ...

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 regi ...

, the provincial capital. The county spans an area of 1,187 square kilometers, and has a population of approximately 255,214 as of 2020. The county's administrative center is the

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of .

Administrative divisions

Luoyuan County administers 6

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, 4

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, and 1 ethnic township. The county's 6 towns are , Songshan, , , , and . The county's 4 townships are , , , and . The county's sole ethnic township is Huokou She Ethnic Township.

Climate

Transportation

The

Wenzhou–Fuzhou railway The Wenzhou–Fuzhou railway, also known as the Wenfu railway, () is a dual-track, electrified, high-speed rail line running between Wenzhou in Zhejiang and Fuzhou, the capital of Fujian. The line has a total length of and forms part of t ...

and National Highway 104 both run through the county.

References

County-level divisions of Fujian Fuzhou {{Fujian-geo-stub