Liu'ao - P1250409
Liu'ao may refer to: * Liu'ao, Zhangpu County The Liu'ao Peninsula () is located in the southern part of China's Fujian Province's coast. Administratively, it is incorporated as Liu'ao Town () within Fujian's Zhangpu County. Geography Liu'ao Peninsula is about 12 km long, stretched along ... (六鳌镇), town in Fujian, China * Liu'ao, Sanmen County (六敖镇), town in Zhejiang, China {{Geodis ...
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Liu'ao, Zhangpu County
The Liu'ao Peninsula () is located in the southern part of China's Fujian Province's coast. Administratively, it is incorporated as Liu'ao Town () within Fujian's Zhangpu County. Geography Liu'ao Peninsula is about 12 km long, stretched along the north-south axis. In the north, it is connected to the mainland by a fairly narrow isthmus. Its western coast is separated from Fujian's mainland by the shallow Jiuzhen Bay; its eastern coast and southern coasts face the open sea (Taiwan Strait). Most of the peninsula is flat and sandy. However, it also incorporates several rocky hills. It is the outlines of these hills which may have given the peninsula its name, which means "six '' ao''". History During the Hongwu Emperor reign, a fortress was constructed at the foot of one of the hills of the Liu'ao peninsula, a bit inland from the main business district of today's Liu'ao town. This was part of a concerted program to fight the ''wokou'' pirates; other fortresses built at the same ...
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