Minqing County is a
county in the eastern
Fujian Province,
China
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, it is under the administration of the
prefecture-level city of
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.
History
Fire from the soldiers at
Meicheng (then romanized "Min-tsing") turned back an expedition by
Karl Gützlaff and
Edwin Stevens to explore and evangelize in Fujian's
tea country in 1835.
[.]
Division
Minqing County includes the
towns of
Meicheng (),
Bandong (),
Chiyuan (),
Meixi (),
Baizhang (),
Baizhong (),
Tazhuang (),
Dongqiao (),
Xiongjiang (),
Jinsha (), and
Shenghuang () and the
townships of
Yunlong (),
Shanglian (),
Sanxi (),
Xiazhu (), and
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Climate
Transportation
The county is served by
Minqing North railway station
Minqing County is a county in the eastern Fujian Province, China, it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Fuzhou, the provincial capital.
History
Fire from the soldiers at Meicheng (then romanized "Min-tsing") turned b ...
on the
Hefei–Fuzhou high-speed railway. The
Nanping–Fuzhou railway passes through the county but there is no passenger service. The last passenger station,
Minqing railway station
Minqing railway station () is a railway station in Minqing County, Fuzhou, Fujian, China. It is an intermediate stop on the Nanping–Fuzhou railway
Nanping–Fuzhou railway or Nanfu railway (), is a railroad in eastern China between Nanping and ...
, was closed in 2016.
References
County-level divisions of Fujian
Fuzhou
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