Nan'an () is a

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of southern

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 capi ...

province, People's Republic of China. It is under the administration of

Quanzhou Quanzhou, postal map romanization, alternatively known as Chinchew, is a prefecture-level city, prefecture-level port city on the north bank of the Jin River, beside the Taiwan Strait in southern Fujian, China. It is Fujian's largest metrop ...

City and as of 2010, had a total population of 1,500,000. More than 4,000,000 overseas Chinese trace their ancestry to Nan'an.

History

Nan'an is located on the southeastern coast of Fujian province. It has been the centre of the 3 Wu Kingdoms. Nan'an history dates back 1700 years. Nan'an has been the economic and cultural centre for Minnan people.

Geography and climate

Nan'an experiences subtropical monsoonal humid climate. It has an average temperature of . It has 349 days which is frost free. The city covers an area of . Nan'an is situated below Anxi County, adjacent to Jinjiang to the east and Tong'an District to the West. Nan'an is from Xiamen. It is from Quanzhou and from the provincial capital, Fuzhou. Islands in Nan'an include: * Kui Yu () * Dabai Yu ( or ,

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: ) * Xiaobai Yu ( or )

Administrative divisions

The city is divided into 3 subdistricts, 21 towns, and 2 townships. The city also contains an economic development zone.

Subdistricts

*, , and .

Towns

* Guanqiao (), Shengxin (), Luncang (), Dongtian (), Yingdu (), Xiangyun, Jintao (), Shishan (), Penghua (), Matou (), Jiudu (), Lefeng (), Luodong (), Meishan (), Honglai (), Hongmei (), Kangmei (), Fengzhou (), Xiamei (), Shuitou, and

Shijing The ''Classic of Poetry'', also ''Shijing'' or ''Shih-ching'', translated variously as the ''Book of Songs'', ''Book of Odes'', or simply known as the ''Odes'' or ''Poetry'' (; ''Shī''), is the oldest existing collection of Chinese poetry, co ...

Townships

* and Xiangyang Township.

Economy

Nan'an is fast developing into an economic and industrial hub for Quanzhou prefecture. Its close proximity to economic centres such as Xiamen, Guangzhou, Fuzhou, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen makes it an important investment location for foreign investments and Taiwan businessmen. Nan'an has very strong rail infrastructure and road links making it a gateway for tourism as well as commerce.

Education

Schools located in Nan'an include Nan'an Experimental Middle School.

Notable people

Lee Kong Chian Lee Kong Chian (; 18 October 1893 – 2 June 1967), also known by his alias Lee Geok Kun (), was a prominent Chinese businessman and philanthropist based in Malaya and Singapore between the 1930s and the 1960s. He was the founder of the Lee ...

, Singaporean politician and businessman *

Zheng Zhilong Zheng Zhilong, Marquis of Tong'an and Nan'an (; April 16, 1604 – November 24, 1661), baptismal name Nicholas Iquan Gaspard, was a Chinese admiral, merchant, military general, pirate, and politician of the late Ming dynasty who later defec ...

, political and military leader in the late Ming dynasty *

Lim Bo Seng Lim Bo Seng (; 27 April 1909 – 29 June 1944) was a Chinese-born resistance fighter based in Singapore and Malaya during World War II. Prior to the outbreak of World War II, he was a prominent businessman among the Chinese community in Singa ...

, Singaporean hero. *

Huang Dongping Huang Dongping (; born 30 April 1995) is a Chinese badminton player. She is the reigning mixed doubles Olympic Champion, and was two-time mixed doubles Asian Champion winning in 2018 and 2019. Career Huang competed at the 2020 Summer Olym ...

, 2020 Olympic Champion

Climate

References

External links

Nan'an Official Government Website
{{Authority control Cities in Fujian County-level divisions of Fujian Quanzhou