Jiaocheng (;

Foochow Romanized Fuzhou is the capital of Fujian, China. The city lies between the Min River estuary to the south and the city of Ningde to the north. Together, Fuzhou and Ningde make up the Mindong linguistic and cultural region. Fuzhou's population was 8 ...

: Ciĕu-siàng) is a district of

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Fujian Fujian is a provinces of China, province in East China, southeastern 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 capital is Fuzhou and its largest prefe ...

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 Communist Party and Public Security Bureau.

Situation

Jiaocheng is bordered by Xiapu and Pingnan counties to the east and west, Zhouning County 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 North of the provincial capital Fuzhou. Fuzhou and Fu'an of Ningde prefecture along with Ca ...

City to the north, and to the south by

Fuzhou Fuzhou is the capital of Fujian, China. The city lies between the Min River (Fujian), Min River estuary to the south and the city of Ningde to the north. Together, Fuzhou and Ningde make up the Eastern Min, Mindong linguistic and cultural regi ...

municipality's Gutian and Luoyuan counties. A large deep-water bay Sandu Ao () (Santuao) gives access to the

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Administration

The district oversees two

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(), one Development zone (), ten

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() and four

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(), of which one is an ethnic township designated for the native

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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 ()

Development zones

* Dongqiao ()

Towns

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

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()

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