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Fuding
Summary
() is a county-level city in northeastern Ningde prefecture-level city, on Fujian's border with Zhejiang province.
Fuding county was established during the Qing Dynasty in 1739 AD.
On December 15, 1950, the Matsu Administrative Office (馬祖行政公署) of Fujian Province, Republic of China was established including modern-day Lienchiang County (the Matsu Islands), ROC (Taiwan) as well as islands in present-day Haidao Township, Xiapu County and Taishan (台山) in Fuding's Shacheng.
Fuding was promoted to county-level city status in 1995. With a population of 290,850. The city oversees 3 street committees, 1 development zone, 10 towns and 3 townships, of which one is zoned Affirmative action-like for the city's native She people.
The city is mountainous and has a good deal of seacoast. Fu'an City lies to the west and Xiapu County to the south. North and east lie counties in Wenzhou, Zhejiang province. Territorial area is , or when including sea area.
Shanqian (山前街道)
Tongshan (桐山街道)
Tongcheng (桐城街道)
Long'an Development Area (龙安开发区)
Guanling (贯岭镇)
Panxi (磻溪镇)
Yushan (嵛山镇)
Bailin (白琳镇)
Shacheng (沙埕镇)
Guanyang (管阳镇)
Dianxia (店下镇)
Diantou (点头镇)
Qinyu (秦屿镇)
Qianqi (前岐镇)
Jiayang (佳阳乡)
Dieshi (叠石乡)
Xiamen She (硖门畲族乡)
The region mostly speaks Eastern Min natively. There is a Puxian Min (Hinghwa) speaking community in Fuding.
Fuding City is located in the strategic region between northeast Fujian and southern Zhejiang provinces. The main road No. 104 pass through Fuding City. Fuding City is also home to the deep sea port Shacheng. The port enables large ships to come to Shacheng port which in turn leads to increase economic activity and trade.
The opening of the full-line of Wenfu High Speed Railway on September 28, 2009, improved the transportation conditions. Wenfu and Yongtaiwen High Speed Railway cut the travel time of Fuding–Fuzhou to 1.5h, Fuding–Wenzhou to 0.5h and Fuding–Shanghai to 5h.
A ferry service operates across Shacheng Bay, connecting the somewhat isolated town of Shacheng to the Long'an Development Area (the port for Dianxia Town).
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