| Pucheng County | |
| Settlement Type: | County |
| Pushpin Map: | China Fujian |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the seat in Fujian |
| Coordinates: | 27.9°N 149°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | People's Republic of China |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture-level city |
| Subdivision Name1: | Fujian |
| Subdivision Name2: | Nanping |
| Leader Title: | CPC County Committee Secretary |
| Leader Name: | Zhou Yonghe |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 3383 |
| Area Water Km2: | 100 |
| Population Total: | 320,000 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Note: | in the year 2000 |
| Timezone1: | China Standard |
| Utc Offset1: | +8 |
| Postal Code: | 353400 |
| Website: | www.pc.gov.cn |
| Pushpin Label: | Pucheng |
Pucheng County is a county under the jurisdiction of the municipality of Nanping, in northern Fujian province, People's Republic of China, bordering Jiangxi to the northwest and Zhejiang to the east; it is the northernmost county-level division of Fujian.
The county is named for the Nanpu Brook, a major tributary to the Min River.
Pucheng comprises in the Wuyi Mountains which separates Fujian and Jiangxi provinces. It borders Songxi County to the southeast, Jianyang District to the south and Wuyishan City (location of the famous UNESCO park) to the west, all within Nanping. The municipality of Shangrao, Jiangxi, borders to the northwest; those of Quzhou, to the north, and Lishui, to the east, are in Zhejiang.
The Pucheng dialect shares some features with Wu, but is classed among the Southern Chinese varieties. It is however not demonstrably a member of the Min subgroup (which covers almost all of Fujian), and pending further research must stand as an isolate - the sole exemplar of the Pucheng group of Southern Chinese.[1] Some Wu dialects and the Northern Min dialect of Shibei are also spoken in Pucheng.
The county administers 2 street offices, 9 towns and 8 townships. The county executive, legislature and judiciary are in Nanpu Street Office, together with the CPC and PSB branches.[2]
In 2006 mound tombs of the Wuyue Kingdom were discovered in Guanjiu village. (The kingdom was contemporary with the Spring and Autumn period and Warring States period of the Yellow River-centred Hans). Considered a strongly significant element of Wuyue culture, these are the first such tombs discovered in Fujian Province. 72 bronze funerary articles were excavated from the tombs, making the excavation the largest harvest of bronze items in Fujian archaeological history.