Longyan

龙岩市
Lóngyán Shì
Hakka settlement
Country	People's Republic of China
Administration type :	district-free city
Coordinates :	25 ° 5 ' N , 117 ° 1' E Coordinates: 25 ° 5 ' N , 117 ° 1' E25.088055555556 117.02444444444
Time zone :	China Standard Time (CST) UTC +8
Area :	19,028.3 km²
Residents :	2,630,000 (2016)
Population density :	138.2 inhabitants / km²
gross domestic product	55.6 billion renminbi (2007)
GDP per capita	20,182 renminbi (2007)
Structure at district level:	1 city districts, 1 urban district, 5 districts
Official Website:	www.longyan.gov.cn

Longyan ( Chinese 龙岩市 , Pinyin Lóngyán Shì - "Dragon Rock City") is a district-free city in the Chinese province of Fujian .

Geographical location

Longyan is inland.

Aw Boon Haw (胡文虎) from Yongding, inventor of the tiger balm
Aw Boon Par (胡文豹) brother of Aw Boon Haw
Chen Hong (陈宏) (* 1979), number 1 in the badminton world rankings from 2002 to 2003
He Wenna (何雯娜) (* 1989), trampoline Olympic champion 2008
Lin Dan (林丹) (* 1983), number 1 in the badminton world rankings from 2004 to 2008
Shi Zhiyong (石智勇) (* 1980), 2004 Olympic champion in weightlifting
Yang Chengwu (杨成武) (1914–2004), strategist of the People's Liberation Army
Zeng Jinyan (曾金燕) (* 1983), human rights activist
Zhang Xiangxiang (张湘祥) (* 1983), 2008 Olympic champion in weightlifting
Deng Zihui (邓子恢) (1896–1972), former deputy prime minister

At the county level, Longyan is made up of two boroughs, one city and four counties. These are:

Subdivision of Longyan at the district level
place	Characters	Area and population	main place
District Xinluo	新罗区	2,685 km², 470,000 inhabitants	-
Yongding Municipality	永定区	2,216 km², 460,000 inhabitants	Greater community Bongseong (凤城镇)
District Chang Ting	长汀县	3,090 km², 490,000 inhabitants	Greater community Tingzhou (汀州镇)
Circle Shanghang	上杭县	2,879 km², 480,000 inhabitants	Greater community Linjiang (临江镇)
Wuping district	武平县	2,635 km², 360,000 inhabitants	Greater community Pingchuan (平川镇)
Liancheng County	连城县	2,951 km², 330,000 inhabitants	Greater community lianfeng (莲峰镇)
Zhangping County Free City	漳平市	2,571 km², 270,000 inhabitants	-