Jiaocheng (; Foochow Romanized: Ciĕu-siàng) is a district of

Ningde Ningde (; Foochow Romanized: Nìng-dáik), also known as Mindong (; Foochow Romanized: Mìng-dĕ̤ng; lit. East of Fujian), is a prefecture-level city located along the northeastern coast of Fujian province, People's Republic of China. It borders ...

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 cap ...

province,

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. Also called ''Ningde Shiqu'' (宁德市区 - Ningde Centre), the district seats the municipality's executive, legislature and

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, together with its

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and

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Situation

Jiaocheng is bordered by

Xiapu Xiapu (; Foochow Romanized: Hà-puō) is a county in the municipal region of Ningde, Fujian, People's Republic of China, located along a stretch of East China Sea coast, with many harbours and islands. It is bordered by Fuding City and Zherong Co ...

and Pingnan counties to the east and west,

Zhouning County Zhouning County (; Foochow Romanized: Ciŭ-nìng-gâing) is a county of northeastern Fujian province, People's Republic of China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Ningde Ningde (; Foochow Romanized: Nìng-dáik), als ...

and

Fu'an (; Foochow Romanized: Hók-ăng-chê; sometimes ''Fu An'') is a county-level city of Ningde prefecture level city, in northeast Fujian province, PRC, some away from the provincial capital Fuzhou. History Found Fu'an county was found in 1245 ...

City to the north, and to the south by Fuzhou municipality's Gutian and Luoyuan counties. A large deep-water bay Sandu Ao () (Santuao) gives access to the East China Sea.

Administration

The district oversees two

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(), one Development zone (), ten towns () and four

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(), of which one is an

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designated for the native She people.

Subdistricts

Jiaonan Subdistrict Jiaonan () was a former county and county-level city under the administration of Qingdao, Shandong province, China, located in the southwestern portion of Qingdao along the Yellow Sea coast. In 1945, as Zhushan County () it was carved from Jiao C ...

() *

Jiaobei Subdistrict Moon blocks or ''jiaobei'' (also written as ''jiao bei'' etc. variants; ), also ''poe'' (from ; as used in the term " ''poe'' divination"), are wooden divination tools originating from China, which are used in pairs and thrown to seek divine gu ...

()

Development zones

* Dongqiao ()

Towns

* Chengnan () * Zhangwan () * Qidu () * Badu () * Jiudu () * Feiluan () * Sandu () * Chixi () * Huotong () *

Yangzhong Yangzhong () is a county-level city under the administration of Zhenjiang, Jiangsu province, China. It is the easternmost county-level division of Zhenjiang City. History There were only several smaller shoals in the area of present-day Yangzhon ...

() *

Hubei Hubei (; ; alternately Hupeh) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, and is part of the Central China region. The name of the province means "north of the lake", referring to its position north of Dongting Lake. The ...

()

Townships

* Hongkou Township () * Shihou Township () * Jinhan She Ethnic Township ()

Transportation

Both Subdistricts, the Ethnic Township and the towns of Feiluan, Chengnan, Qidu and Badu lie on National Route 104, connecting south to Fengshan and north to

City centre.

Notes and references

{{Authority control County-level divisions of Fujian Districts of China