Fenghua (; ) is a

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of the city of

Ningbo Ningbo is a sub-provincial city in northeastern Zhejiang province, People's Republic of China. It comprises six urban districts, two satellite county-level cities, and two rural counties, including several islands in Hangzhou Bay and the Eas ...

, Zhejiang Province, China. The district and its administrative hinterlands have a population of over 480,000. Fenghua is the hometown of two former

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, Chiang Kai-shek and

Chiang Ching-kuo Chiang Ching-kuo (, 27 April 1910 – 13 January 1988) was a politician of the Republic of China. The eldest and only biological son of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, he held numerous posts in the government of the Republic of China and ended ...

. Geographically, it is dominated by the

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and Siming mountain ranges.

Administrative divisions

Fenghua has 6

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and 6

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. Six subdistricts: *Jinping () *Yuelin () *Jiangkou (Chiang-k’ou-chen; , formerly ) *Xiwu (Hsi-wu-chen; , formerly ) *

Xiaowangmiao Xiaowangmiao Subdistrict () is a Subdistricts of China, subdistrict in Fenghua District, Ningbo, Zhejiang province China. It lies on the south bank of the Shan River, and takes its name from the Temple of King Xiao. The subdistrict includes the Vi ...

(Hsiao-wang-miao-shih; , formerly ) *Fangqiao (Fang-ch’iao-chen; ), established in January 2019 Six towns: *

Xikou XikouXikou is sometimes transliterated as Chikow/Qikou/Kikow. Until the 20th century, 溪 was pronounced ͡ɕʰi55 as evidenced by its ''fanqie'' reading (苦奚切). This archaic pronunciation of 溪 gives rise to the spelling 'Chikow', or ...

(Ch’i-k’ou-chen, /) *Chunhu (Shun-hu-chen; /) *Shangtian () *Dayan () *Qiucun () *Song'ao/Song Ao (Sung-ao-shih; )

Climate

References

External links

Official website of Fenghua Government
{{authority control Geography of Ningbo Districts of Zhejiang