Minhou County (;

Foochow Romanized Foochow Romanized, also known as Bàng-uâ-cê (BUC for short; ) or Hók-ciŭ-uâ Lò̤-mā-cê (), is a Latin alphabet for the Fuzhou dialect of Eastern Min adopted in the middle of the 19th century by Western missionaries. It had varied at dif ...

: Mìng-âu) is a

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in the eastern

Fujian Province 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 cap ...

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, it is under the administration of the

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Fuzhou Fuzhou (; , Fuzhounese: Hokchew, ''Hók-ciŭ''), alternately romanized as Foochow, is the capital and one of the largest cities in Fujian province, China. Along with the many counties of Ningde, those of Fuzhou are considered to constitute t ...

, the provincial capital. The Min River flows in a southeast direction through the center of the county towards Fuzhou's urban area and the

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Administrative divisions

The county has one subdistrict, 8 towns and 6 townships. * Subdistrict: Ganzhe subdistrict () * Town: Baisha Town (), Nanyu town (), Shanggan Town (), Xiangqian Town (), Qingkou Town (), Nantong Town (), Shangjie Town (), Jingxi Town () * Township: Zhuqi township (竹岐乡), Pengwei Township (鸿尾乡), Yangli township (), Dahu Township (), Tingping Township (), Xiaoruo Township ()

Environment

In August 2014, 396 villagers from Qingpuling () of Qingkou Town won a court case against a waste management company. They were awarded 6,000,000 RMB in compensation. The waste company set up their medical waste incineration facility back in 2000. The pollution caused black dust or ash to contaminate the surrounding environment trees, plants, waterways and households. Residents had long suspected the cancer rates was due to the environmental pollution from the incineration plant. The government has offered relocation for the affected residents.

Climate

References

External links

Minhou County government website
County-level divisions of Fujian Fuzhou {{Fujian-geo-stub