Zhenghe County () is a county of northern
Fujian
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province, People's Republic of China, bordering
Zhejiang
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to the north. It is under the administration of the
prefecture-level city
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During the Republican era, many of Chi ...
of
Nanping
Nanping (), historically known as Yanping (), is a third-tier prefecture-level city in northwestern Fujian Province, People's Republic of China. It borders Ningde to the east, Sanming to the south, and the provinces of Zhejiang and Jiangxi to ...
. The Min-Bei dialect, or
Northern Min
Northern Min () is a group of mutually intelligible Min varieties spoken in Nanping prefecture of northwestern Fujian.
Classification and distribution
Early classifications of varieties of Chinese, such as those of Li Fang-Kuei in 1937 and ...
(Guing'ei Di) prevails in Zhenghe County.
History
Zhenghe became a county in 1000AD, but its previous name is Guanli (). In 1115AD, the emperor appreciated the Gongfu tea from Guanli County. He delightfully named the county after his reign title "Zhenghe", which lasts till now.
Administration
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Equivalents
* Administrative posts of East Timor, formerly Portuguese-language
* Kelurahan, in Indonesia
* Mukim, a township in Brunei, In ...
Xiongshan ()
4 Towns
Dongping ()
Tieshan ()
Zhenqian ()
Shuitun ()
5 Townships
Xingxi ()
Waitun ()
Yangyuan ()
Chengyuan ()
Lingyao ()
Climate
Transportation
Expressway
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G1514 Ningde-Shangrao Expressway
*
G25 Changchun-Shenzhen Expressway
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History
The ...
* S0313
Gutian-Zhenghe Expressway
Provincial-level Road
* S204
* S301
* S302
Specialty
Zhenghe is most famous for its tea. Zhenghe kung fu tea is among the best kung fu tea. You can either simply drink it or drink it with sugar or milk. There is another kind of famous tea: Baihao Yinzhen ().
Zhenghe is also famous for its chestnuts. Zhenghe is the second largest place of production of chestnuts in China.
References
County-level divisions of Fujian
Nanping
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