Shanghang County | |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Settlement Type: | County |
Pushpin Map: | China Fujian |
Pushpin Label: | Shanghang |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the seat in Fujian |
Coordinates: | 25.0495°N 116.4201°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | People's Republic of China |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Fujian |
Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture-level city |
Subdivision Name2: | Longyan |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | China Standard |
Utc Offset: | +8 |
Shanghang (; Sông-hông-yen) is a county in southwest Fujian Province, China, bordering Guangdong Province to the southwest. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Longyan.
Part of Shanghang County is accessed by China National Highway 319, coming west from Xinluo District (Chinese: 新罗区), the municipal seat. The county seat, conventionally called Shanghang itself but officially Linjiang Town (Chinese: 临江镇), is reached by Route 205. The Ganzhou–Longyan Railway passes through western Shanghang.
The county's most famous cultural-historical attraction is in the town of Gutian (Chinese: 古田镇), namely the site of the Gutian Congress in December 1929.
The county administers 17 towns, 3 townships, and 2 ethnic townships .[1]
Shanghang County's 17 towns are as follows:
Shanghang County's 3 townships are as follows:
Shanghang County's 2 ethnic (She ethnic) townships are as follows:
List of Shanghang County's sister and twin cities:[2]