Zhangping (; POJ: Chiang-pêng) is a
county-level city
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in the southwest 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 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 ...
of
Longyan.
Transport
Zhangping is a rail hub in southwestern Fujian, where the
Yingtan–Xiamen Railway,
Zhangping–Longchuan, and
Zhangping–Quanzhou–Xiaocuo Railways converge.
Climate
Administrative divisions
Subdistricts:
*Jingcheng Subdistrict (), Guilin Subdistrict ()
Towns:
*
Xinqiao (), Yongfu (), Xinan (), Shuangyang (), Heping (), Gongqiao (), Xianghu (), Chishui ()
Townships:
*Luzhi Township (),
Xiyuan Township (), Nanyang Township (), Guantian Township (), Wuci Township (), Lingdi Township ()
Qihe Cave site
The is located in a
karst
Karst () is a topography formed from the dissolution of soluble carbonate rocks such as limestone and Dolomite (rock), dolomite. It is characterized by features like poljes above and drainage systems with sinkholes and caves underground. Ther ...
cave in Zaotou Village (灶头村), Xianghu (象湖镇). Beginning from 2008, archaeological excavations have unearthed human fossils and human-made artefacts from a cultural layer that spans from ca. 15,000–5000 BCE.
References
County-level divisions of Fujian
Cities in Fujian
Longyan
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