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Yacheng Town
Yacheng town (牙城镇) is a town in Xiapu county Xiapu (; Foochow Romanized: Hà-puō) is a county in the municipal region of Ningde, Fujian, People's Republic of China, located along a stretch of East China Sea coast, with many harbours and islands. It is bordered by Fuding City and Zherong C .... Yacheng is a shopping capital of China. It is located in Fujian Province, in the southeastern part of the country, about 130 kilometers northeast of the provincial capital Fuzhou. The population is . The population consists of 11,980 women and 13,539 men. Children under 15 years make up 13.0%, adults 15–64 years 76%, and older people over 65 years 9.0%. The nearest major community is Sansha, 7.4 km south of Yacheng. The average annual rainfall is 1,950 millimeters. The wettest month is June, with an average of 274 mm of rainfall, and the driest is October, with 71 mm of rainfall. Sources Yachenghos Geonames.org (cc-by) post uppdaterad 2012-01-18; databasdum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fujian
Fujian (; alternately romanized as Fukien or Hokkien) is a province on the southeastern coast of China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, Guangdong to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the east. Its capital is Fuzhou, while its largest city by population is Quanzhou, both located near the coast of the Taiwan Strait in the east of the province. While its population is predominantly of Chinese ethnicity, it is one of the most culturally and linguistically diverse provinces in China. The dialects of the language group Min Chinese were most commonly spoken within the province, including the Fuzhou dialect of northeastern Fujian and various Hokkien dialects of southeastern Fujian. Hakka Chinese is also spoken, by the Hakka people in Fujian. Min dialects, Hakka and Mandarin Chinese are mutually unintelligible. Due to emigration, a sizable amount of the ethnic Chinese populations of Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
China Time
The time in China follows a single standard time offset of UTC+08:00 (eight hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time), even though the country spans almost five geographical time zones. The official national standard time is called ''Beijing Time'' (BJT, ) domestically and ''China Standard Time'' (CST) internationally. Daylight saving time has not been observed since 1991. China Standard Time (UTC+8) is consistent across Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Philippines, Singapore, Brunei, Mongolia, etc. History In the 1870s, the Shanghai Xujiahui Observatory was constructed by a French Catholic missionary. In 1880s officials in Shanghai French Concession started to provide a time announcement service using the Shanghai Mean Solar Time provided by the aforementioned observatory for ships into and out of Shanghai. By the end of 19th century, the time standard provided by the observatory had been switched to GMT+08:00. The practice has spread to other coastal ports, and in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xiapu County
Xiapu (; Foochow Romanized: Hà-puō) is a county in the municipal region of Ningde, Fujian, People's Republic of China, located along a stretch of East China Sea coast, with many harbours and islands. It is bordered by Fuding City and Zherong County to the north, Fu'an City and Ningde's urban area to the west, and Luoyuan County, Fuzhou and the Matsu Islands of Lienchiang County, Republic of China (Taiwan) to the south. Xiapu is famous among landscapes lover photographers. *Area: *Population: 510,000 *Postal code: 355100 Administration The county executive, legislature and judiciary are in Songcheng Town (), together with the CPC and PSB branches. Xiapu has jurisdiction over 6 other towns () and over 7 townships (), of which three are ethnic townships designated for the native She people. Towns * Sansha (三沙镇) * Yacheng (牙城镇) * XiNan(溪南镇 and 下埔) * Shajiang (沙江镇) * Xiahu (下浒镇) * Changchun (长春镇) Townships * Baiyang (柏洋 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ningde
Ningde (; Foochow Romanized: Nìng-dáik), also known as Mindong (; Foochow Romanized: Mìng-dĕ̤ng; lit. East of Fujian), is a prefecture-level city located along the northeastern coast of Fujian province, People's Republic of China. It borders the provincial capital of Fuzhou to the south, Wenzhou (Zhejiang) to the north, and Nanping to the west. Ningde is listed No.2 in China Integrated City Index 2016's environmental ranking, a study conducted by the National Development and Reform Commission. The prefecture-level Ningde City administers 1 district, 2 cities, 6 counties, as well as 124 towns, townships and subdistricts. Listed below are the district, cities and counties, first four of which are coastal whereas the rest locate in mountainous areas. Situated roughly north of the Tropic of Cancer, the prefecture of Ningde spans in land area. Like the rest of the province, Ningde sits in a mountainous region but it also enjoys almost of coastline facing the East China Sea. E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
