Jiaocheng District

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Jiaocheng
蕉城区
District
Location in Ningde
Location in Ningde
Jiaocheng is located in Fujian
Jiaocheng
Jiaocheng
Location in Fujian
Coordinates: 26°39′42″N 119°31′23″E / 26.66167°N 119.52306°E / 26.66167; 119.52306Coordinates: 26°39′42″N 119°31′23″E / 26.66167°N 119.52306°E / 26.66167; 119.52306
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceFujian
Prefecture-level cityNingde
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)

Jiaocheng (Chinese: 蕉城区; pinyin: Jiāochéng; Foochow Romanized: Ciĕu-siàng) is a district of Ningde, Fujian province, PRC. Also called Ningde Shiqu (宁德市区 - Ningde Centre), the district seats the municipality's executive, legislature and judiciary, together with its Communist Party and Public Security Bureau.

Situation[]

Jiaocheng is bordered by Xiapu and Pingnan counties to the east and west, Zhouning County and Fu'an City to the north, and to the south by Fuzhou municipality's Gutian and Luoyuan counties. A large deep-water bay (三都澳) (Santuao) gives access to the East China Sea.[1]

Administration[]

The district oversees two subdistricts (街道; Jiēdào), one Development zone (开发区; kāifā qū), ten towns (镇; zhèn) and four townships (乡; xiāng), of which one is an ethnic township designated for the native She people.[2]

Subdistricts[]

  • (蕉南街道)
  • (蕉北街道)

Development zones[]

  • Dongqiao (东侨开发区)

Towns[]

  • (城南镇)
  • (漳湾镇)
  • (七都镇)
  • (八都镇)
  • (九都镇)
  • (飞鸾镇)
  • (三都镇)
  • (赤溪镇)
  • (霍童镇)
  • (洋中镇)
  • Hubei (虎贝镇)

Townships[]

  • (洪口乡)
  • (石后乡)
  • (金涵畲族乡)

Transportation[]

Both Subdistricts, the Ethnic Township and the towns of Feiluan, Chengnan, Qidu and Badu lie on National Route 104, connecting south to Fengshan and north to Fu'an City centre.

Notes and references[]

  1. ^ Fujian-sheng Ditu-ce, Gao XiuJing, ed., China Map Publishing, 1999, ISBN 7-5031-2176-9
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2009-08-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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