() is a county of

Zhangzhou Zhangzhou (, ) 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 (with Quanzhou) surrounding the prefecture of Xiamen. Nam ...

City, in the far south of Fujian province, People's Republic of China The county comprises most of the lower watershed of the

Jiulong River The Jiulong River, formerly known as the Longjiang or Zhangjiang, is the largest river in southern Fujian and the second largest in the province. It has a length of and a basin of . Like all Fujianese rivers but one, it flows into the Tai ...

's north branch () and has long been a transport corridor. The first rail connection to the port of

Xiamen Xiamen,), also known as Amoy ( ; from the Zhangzhou Hokkien pronunciation, zh, c=, s=, t=, p=, poj=Ē͘-mûi, historically romanized as Amoy, is a sub-provincial city in southeastern Fujian, People's Republic of China, beside the Taiwan Stra ...

, laid during the

Great Leap Forward The Great Leap Forward was an industrialization campaign within China from 1958 to 1962, led by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Party Chairman Mao Zedong launched the campaign to transform the country from an agrarian society into an indu ...

era, came down this valley. The county seat is Huafeng (). East of there, up a tributary valley, is Xiandu town (), which features some prime examples of Tulou and Fujian Tulou.

Climate

Administrative divisions

Towns: *Huafeng (), Fengshan (), Shajian (), Xinxu (), Gao'an (), Xiandu () Townships: *Makeng Township (), Hulin Township (), Gaoche Township ()

References

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