Jiaocheng District

Jiaocheng
蕉城区
District

Location in Ningde City
Jiaocheng

Location in Fujian

Coordinates: 26°39′42″N 119°31′23″E / 26.66167°N 119.52306°E / 26.66167; 119.52306Coordinates: 26°39′42″N 119°31′23″E / 26.66167°N 119.52306°E / 26.66167; 119.52306
Country People's Republic of China
Province Fujian
Prefecture-level city Ningde
Time zone China Standard (UTC+8)

Jiaocheng (Chinese: 蕉城区; pinyin: Jiāochéng; Foochow Romanized: Ciĕu-siàng) is a district of Ningde, Fujian province, PRC. Also called Ningde Shiqu (宁德市区 - Ningde Centre), the district seats the municipality's executive, legislature and judiciary, 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 City to the north, and to the south by Fuzhou municipality's Gutian and Luoyuan counties. A large deep-water bay Sandu Ao gives access to the East China Sea.[1]

Administration

The district oversees two Street committees (jiedao, 街道), one Development zone (kaifa-qu, 开发区), ten towns (zhen, 镇) and four townships (xiang, 乡), of which one is zoned Affirmative action-like for the native She people.[2]

Subdistricts

Development zones

Towns

Townships

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 Fu'an City centre.

Notes and references

  1. Fujian-sheng Ditu-ce, Gao XiuJing, ed., China Map Publishing, 1999, ISBN 7-5031-2176-9
  2. http://ww.agri.com.cn/town-village/350902.htm
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