Shenhu () is a town on the southern coast of
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. It is under the administration of
Jinjiang City, the centre of which is away. It sits on a peninsula, facing the
Taiwan Strait
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Names
Former names of the Tai ...
to the east and the town of
Yongning and
Shenhu Bay () to the north. It is a fishing base and trade port, and is home to a number of small appetisers from the
Min Nan
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 Taiwan ...
region. Nearby is the
Jinjiang Shenhu Bay National Geopark (). There are 7
communities
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and 12
villages
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under the town's administration.
References
深沪镇 Retrieved 2011-05-05
Township-level divisions of Fujian
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