Shanghang County Explained

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.

Transportation

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.

Tourism

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.

Administration

The county administers 17 towns, 3 townships, and 2 ethnic townships .[1]

Towns

Shanghang County's 17 towns are as follows:

Townships

Shanghang County's 3 townships are as follows:

Ethnic Townships

Shanghang County's 2 ethnic (She ethnic) townships are as follows:

International cooperation

List of Shanghang County's sister and twin cities:[2]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2019. zh:2019年统计用区划代码. http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjsj/tjbz/tjyqhdmhcxhfdm/2019/35/08/350823.html. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200908160106/http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjsj/tjbz/tjyqhdmhcxhfdm/2019/35/08/350823.html. 2020-09-08. 2020-09-08. National Bureau of Statistics of China. zh.
  2. Web site: Grad Bor 3. oktobra slavi svoj dan. Dolaze gosti iz Ukrajine, Makedonije i Rumunije, ali ne i Francuzi, Crnogorci i Kinezi. Istmedia . website . 2 October 2019.