Xinluo District (;

Hakka The Hakka (), sometimes also referred to as Hakka Han, or Hakka Chinese, or Hakkas are a Han Chinese subgroup whose ancestral homes are chiefly in the Hakka-speaking provincial areas of Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangxi, Guangxi, Sichuan, Hunan, Zhej ...

: Sîn-lò-khî) is a

district A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...

Longyan Longyan (; Hakka: ''Liùng-ngàm''; Longyan dialect: ''Lengngia'') is a prefecture-level city in south-western Fujian Province, China, bordering Guangdong to the south and Jiangxi to the west. History In 736 AD, (the Tang dynasty), the prefect ...

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 ...

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

, with a population of approximately 842,000. It was formerly named Longyan County (). As Xinluo is a part of the Minnan Hokkien territory, the

Longyan dialect The Longyan dialect (), also known as Longyan Minnan () or ''Liong11l11334'', is a dialect of Hokkien spoken in the urban city area of Longyan (eastern Longyan) in the province of Fujian, China while Hakka is spoken in rural villages of Longyan ( ...

is spoken widely by the native Hokkien locals in the district, but

Mandarin Mandarin or The Mandarin may refer to: Language * Mandarin Chinese, branch of Chinese originally spoken in northern parts of the country ** Standard Chinese or Modern Standard Mandarin, the official language of China ** Taiwanese Mandarin, Stand ...

is the primary language for education and business.

Administrative divisions

Ten

subdistricts A subdistrict or sub-district is an administrative division that is generally smaller than a district. Equivalents * Administrative posts of East Timor, formerly Portuguese-language * Kelurahan, in Indonesia * Mukim, a township in Brunei, Indon ...

: * Beicheng Subdistrict () * Caoxi Subdistrict () * Dongcheng Subdistrict () – Seat of the Xinluo District People's Government * Dongxiao Subdistrict () * Longmen Subdistrict () * Nancheng Subdistrict () * Tieshan Subdistrict () * Xicheng Subdistrict () * Xipi Subdistrict () – Seat of the Longyan City People's Government西陂街道简介
* Zhongcheng Subdistrict () Ten

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 ...

: * Baisha () * Dachi () * Hongfang () * Jiangshan () * Shizhong () * Suban () * Wan'an () * Xiaochi () * Yanshan () * Yanshi ()

Transportation

The area is served by

Longyan railway station Longyan railway station () is a railway station in Xinluo District, Longyan, Fujian, China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exc ...

References

External links

Official website of the Xinluo District People's Government

County-level divisions of Fujian Longyan {{Fujian-geo-stub