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Fu'an
Summary
(; Foochow Romanized: Hók-ăng-chê; sometimes Fu An) is a county-level city of Ningde prefecture level city, in northeast Fujian province, PRC, some North of the provincial capital Fuzhou. Fuzhou and Fu'an of Ningde prefecture along with Cangnan county-level city of Wenzhou prefecture in Zhejiang province make up the Min Dong linguistic and cultural region of China.
Fu'an county was found in 1245 AD in the Southern Song.
In civil war of China, Fu'an was occupied by People's Liberation Army on July, 1949.
In November 1989, Fu'an county was abolished, at the same time Fu'an city was established.
In 2019, Fu'an DongBai City () opened on Fuchun Avenue in Fu'an. It is located in the newly developed business district across from Qiyun Bridge. The large urban project was developed by DongBai Group as the central point for urban commerce in Fu'an.
Fu'an is surrounded by hills and the sea. It covers an area of .
By December of 2021, Fu'an has 676,624 residents. With 199031 households.
Fu'an City is mainly composed of three ethnic groups: Han Chinese, She and Hui. The city is predominately Han like rest of China but there is also an old Hui community with a sizeable presence. The largest minority ethnic group is the She with a population accounting for 11% of Fu'an. The Han population in Fu'an include the Tanka people of which there currently are about 7,400.
The local Fu'an dialect is part of Eastern Min which belongs to the Mindong cultural group along with Fuzhou. The She ethnic group speak a separate She language.
The major religion in Fu'an city is Buddhism. Taoism and other Chinese folk beliefs are also popular. Catholic and Protestant believers accounts for 14% of the total population. There are 47 Roman Catholic and protestant churches around the city.
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.
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