Nanjing County () is a county under the administration of
Zhangzhou
Zhangzhou (), alternately romanized as Changchow, is a prefecture-level city in Fujian Province, China. The prefecture around the city proper comprises the southeast corner of the province, facing the Taiwan Strait and surrounding the prefect ...
City, in the south of
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 capi ...
province, People's Republic of China.
Administrative division
Nanjing County is administratively divided into several
towns
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
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Shancheng () - the county seat
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Jingcheng (),
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Longshan (),
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Chuanchang (),
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Jinshan (),
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Hexi (),
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Kuiyang (),
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Nankeng (),
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Fengtian (),
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Meilin (),
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Shuyang
Shuyang () is a county in northern Jiangsu province. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Suqian. Shuyang sits on the Northern Jiangsu Plains and borders the cities of Xuzhou, Lianyungang and Huai'an to the north, east ...
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Sights
Nanjing County, and in particular its western part (Shuyang and Meilin Towns), is the location of many famous
Fujian Tulou. Out of the 10 tulou sites listed on UNESCO's World Heritage list, four are in Nanjing County:
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Tianluokeng Tulou cluster
Tianluokeng tulou cluster () is one of the better known groups of Fujian tulou. It is located in the village of Tianluokeng () in the town of Fujian, Nanjing County, southern Fujian province.
The cluster consists of a square earth building at t ...
* Hekeng Tulou cluster (Hekeng Village), near Qujiang administrative village, Shuyang Town
* Hegui Lou
* Huaiyuan Lou
Transportation
Until 2012, Nanjing County had no railways. The
Longyan–Xiamen Railway
The Longyan–Xiamen railway () is a dual-track, electrified, high-speed rail line in Fujian Province, China. The line, also known as the Longxia railway, is named after its two terminal cities Longyan and Xiamen, and has a total length of . , opened on June 30, 2012, became the first railway to cross the county. The two stations within the county are
Nanjing Station (located near Fengtian Town, about (by road) to the northeast of the county seat,
Shancheng) and Longshan;
Longshan train schedule
/ref> they serve the county's eastern and northern parts.
Climate
References
County-level divisions of Fujian
Zhangzhou
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