Longyan
![]() Hakka settlement |
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Country | People's Republic of China |
Administration type : | district-free city |
Coordinates : | 25 ° 5 ' N , 117 ° 1' E |
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.
Longyan personalities
- 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
Administrative structure
At the county level, Longyan is made up of two boroughs, one city and four counties. These are:
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 | - |
traffic
Longyan is the starting point of the Nanping – Longyan railway , a new line that opened on December 29, 2018.
Town twinning
- 2000 Wollongong , New South Wales , Australia
Worth knowing
The town
- was the namesake for the longan fruits.
- is best known for the Hakka fortress houses in Yongding County on the border with Guangdong Province .
literature
- Siegfried Englert : The Fujian Province in the PR China . Annweiler: Plöger, 2013. ISBN 978-3-89857-289-7 . Pp. 305-314
Web links
Commons : Longyan - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Longyan
- Longyan China (official English website). Retrieved February 15, 2009 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ bac: China is putting numerous new lines into operation . In: Eisenbahn-Revue International 4/2019, p. 186f (187).