Pingnan, Fujian Province, China

Administration | History | Agriculture

🇨🇳 Pingnan County (屏南县; 屏南縣; Píngnán Xiàn) is an inland county in north-eastern Fujian province, People's Republic of China. It is located in the cultural region of Mindong (闽东), and lies in the west of Ningde City.

Administration The county covers an area of 1,485 square km (573 sq mi), divided into four towns (镇; zhèn) and seven townships (乡; xiāng). The county executive, legislature and judiciary are seated at Gufeng Town (古峰镇), together with the CPC and PSB branches.

Towns • Gufeng (古峰镇) • Shuangxi (双溪镇) • Daixi (黛溪镇) • Changqiao (长桥镇); Townships • Pingcheng (屏城乡) • Tangkou (棠口乡) • Gantang (甘棠乡) • Yiling (熙岭乡) • Luxia (路下乡) • Shoushan (寿山乡) • Lingxia (岭下乡).

History Pingnan was established as a county by court of the Qing Dynasty in 1735.

Local historical monuments include the Wan'an Bridge, located in the appropriately named Changqiao ("long bridge") Township. The bridge, described as the "longest woven timber bridge in China", was originally built in 1648, and rebuilt a number of times since.

Agriculture Pingnan is "the capital of summer mushrooms", and the annual produce of Xiangu mushrooms is more than 6,000 tons. It is the largest export base of summer mushrooms in China. Pingnan is also famous for fruits such as Younai plums, seedless persimmons, chinquapis, yangtaos, and Wuyan peas.

Fuzhou City, Fujian Province, China 
Fuzhou City, Fujian Province, China
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Pingnan has a population of over 181,300 people. Pingnan also forms part of the wider Ningde Prefecture which has a population of over 2,821,996 people.

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East of: 118.986

🇨🇳 Chengxiang 118.994

🇨🇳 Qixia 119.003

🇨🇳 Putian 119.008

🇨🇳 Weifang 119.107

🇨🇳 Huaian 119.113

🇨🇳 Huai'an 119.113

🇨🇳 Minhou 119.132

🇨🇳 Yaxi 119.15

🇨🇳 Jurong 119.164

🇨🇳 Changli 119.167

West of: 118.986

🇮🇩 Mamuju 118.9

🇨🇳 Chifeng 118.888

🇨🇳 Minqing 118.867

🇨🇳 Quzhou 118.859

🇨🇳 Gutian County 118.85

🇨🇳 Xuanwu 118.848

🇨🇳 Donghai County 118.766

🇨🇳 Nanjing 118.765

🇨🇳 Donghai 118.763

🇨🇳 Xuanzhou 118.757

Antipodal to Pingnan is: -61.014,-26.908

Locations Near: Pingnan 118.986,26.908

🇨🇳 Gutian County 118.85,26.617 d: 35.1  

🇨🇳 Ningde 119.524,26.656 d: 60.3  

🇨🇳 Minqing 118.867,26.217 d: 77.8  

🇨🇳 Minhou 119.132,26.15 d: 85.5  

🇨🇳 Nanping 118.177,26.642 d: 85.6  

🇨🇳 Gulou 119.3,26.083 d: 96.9  

🇨🇳 Fuzhou 119.306,26.061 d: 99.4  

🇨🇳 Fuqing 119.383,25.717 d: 138.3  

🇨🇳 Wuyishan 118.035,27.756 d: 133.1  

🇨🇳 Putian 119.008,25.431 d: 164.2  

Antipodal to: Pingnan -61.014,-26.908

🇦🇷 Resistencia -58.983,-27.45 d: 19805.4  

🇦🇷 Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña -58.983,-27.45 d: 19805.4  

🇦🇷 Corrientes -58.817,-27.483 d: 19788.6  

🇦🇷 Reconquista -59.933,-29.233 d: 19735.6  

🇵🇾 Pilar -58.303,-26.858 d: 19746.2  

🇦🇷 Goya -59.25,-29.133 d: 19713.1  

🇦🇷 Santiago del Estero -64.267,-27.783 d: 19679.4  

🇵🇾 Lambaré -57.633,-25.317 d: 19634  

🇵🇾 Fernando de la Mora -57.58,-25.323 d: 19629.6  

🇵🇾 Asunción -57.56,-25.304 d: 19626.8  

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