|
Guangfeng County
Guangfeng District () is a district of the city of Shangrao, located in Northeastern Jiangxi Province, Eastern China. The easternmost county-level division of Jiangxi, Guangfeng borders Zhejiang and Fujian provinces. It covers . The population is 760,000 people. History The district was first established during the Tang dynasty in 758 as a county, then repealed in 812. In 1074, during the Song dynasty, the district was reestablished as a county. Administration Guangfeng has been a county for over 1,300 years. Administratively, the district is part of the prefecture-level city of Shangrao. The county administers 23 townships. In the present, Guangfeng District has 3 subdistricts, 16 towns and 4 townships. ;3 subdistricts * Yongfeng () * Lulin () * Fengxi () ;16 towns ;4 townships Climate The climate is temperate, with abundant rainfall during the monsoon season. It has clearly differentiated summers and winters. Economy Guangfeng was once a poor district, but now it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
District (China)
The term ''district'', in the context of China, is used to refer to several unrelated political divisions in both ancient and modern China. In the modern context, district (), formally city-governed district, city-controlled district, or municipal district (), are subdivisions of a municipality or a prefecture-level city. The rank of a district derives from the rank of its city. Districts of a municipality are prefecture-level; districts of a sub-provincial city are sub-prefecture-level; and districts of a prefecture-level city are county-level. The term was also formerly used to refer to obsolete county-controlled districts (also known as district public office). However, if the word ''district'' is encountered in the context of ancient Chinese history, then it is a translation for ''xian'', another type of administrative division in China. Before the 1980s, cities in China were administrative divisions containing mostly urban, built-up areas, with very little farmlan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |