Beigao | |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | China Fujian |
Pushpin Label: | Beigao |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Fujian |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | PRC |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Fujian |
Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture |
Subdivision Name2: | Putian |
Area Total Km2: | 54 |
Population: | 93,684 |
Population As Of: | 2010 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | China Standard |
Utc Offset: | +8 |
Beigao Town is a town in Putian's Licheng District on the central coast of Fujian Province, China. It had 93,684 people in about 16,000 households during the 2010 census.
Beigao comprises part of the southern shore of Xinghua Bay on the Taiwan Strait and its hinterland. Its 54km2 form the southeastern corner of Putian's prefecture,[1] bordering Houhai Lake and Quanzhou.
Beigao is composed of 24 villages: Kengyuan Kēngyuán Cūn), Yuanhou Yuànhòu Cūn), Chengshan Chéngshān Cūn), Beigao Běigāo Cūn), Dongxiang Dōngxiāng Cūn), Houji Hòujī Cūn), Tingjiang Tīngjiāng Cūn), Tingfeng Tīngfēng Cūn), Jiangbian Jiāngbiān Cūn), Gaoyang Gāoyáng Cūn), Gaofeng Gāofēng Cūn), Lanshan Lánshān Cūn), Fuling Fúlǐng Cūn), Duling Dùlǐng Cūn), Wucheng Wúchéng Cūn), Shanqian Shānqián Cūn), Chengtou Chéngtóu Cūn), Chengqian Chéngqián Cūn), Qianting Qiántíng Cūn), Chongqin Chōngqìn Cūn), Donggao Dōnggāo Cūn), Zhuzhuang Zhúzhuāng Cūn), Meilan Měilán Cūn), and Daifeng Dàifēng Cūn). These oversee 128 zìráncūn (Chinese: 自然村) and 248 cūnmín xiǎozǔ (Chinese: 村民小组).[1]