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. It is the southernmost and most remote of Fuzhou's ten counties, being bordered by counties in

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to the south and west and, to the east and over the watershed and provincial border, by Jianning and Ninghua Counties,

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. It is the source of the second largest river in Jiangxi: Fuhe (抚河). This county built in the Southern

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Shaoxing eight years (1138, Shaoxing is an era name of

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), because the rich white lotus, known as "the hometown of Chinese White Lotus." County has width of from west to east, long from north to south. The total area is , with a population of 240,000 in 2003.

Administration

5 Towns (镇, ''zhen'')

6 Townships (乡, ''xiang'')

Climate

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