Nanping

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Basic data
Seat of government : Yanping
Area : 26,278 km²
Residents : 2,660,000 (2016)
Location of the Prefecture of Nanping in Fujian

Nanping ( Chinese  南平 市 , Pinyin Nánpíng shì ) is the north - westernmost district-free city in the Chinese province of Fujian .

geography

location

The city borders on the neighboring provinces of Jiangxi and Zhejiang .

climate

Like the rest of Fujian Province, Nanping has a humid subtropical climate with short, mild winters and long, hot, humid summers. The average temperature ranges from 9.7 ° C in January to 28.7 ° C in July. The annual average temperature is 19.50 ° C. Monthly rainfall is more than 200mm from March to June and gradually subsides until winter. The city has 1,721 hours of sunshine a year, with summer being the sunniest time of the year. The winters, however, are humid and cloudy.

Administrative structure

Location of Nanping

At the county level, Nanping is made up of two urban districts , five districts and three independent cities . These are:

  • Yanping District (延平区), 2,660 km², 490,000 inhabitants, traditional city center;
  • Jianyang District (建 阳 区), 3,378 km², 340,000 inhabitants, seat of the city government;
  • District Shunchang (顺昌县), km² 1992, 240,000 inhabitants, capital: Street neighborhood Shuangxi (双溪街道);
  • Pucheng district (浦城 县), 3,374 km², 410,000 inhabitants, main town: Nanpu street district (南浦 Straßen);
  • Circle Guangze (光泽县) 2,232 km², 160,000 inhabitants, capital: greater community Hangchuan (杭川镇);
  • District Songxi (松溪县), km² 1040, 160,000 inhabitants, capital: greater community Songyuan (松源镇);
  • Circle Zhenghe (政和县), km² 1735, 220,000 inhabitants, capital: Street district Xiongshan (熊山街道);
  • Shaowu City (邵武 市), 2,851 km², 300,000 inhabitants;
  • Wuyishan City (武夷山 市), 2,802 km², 220,000 inhabitants;
  • City of Jian'ou (建瓯市), 4,214 km², 520,000 inhabitants.

economy

Nanping city at night

Key data

tourism

Wuyi Mountains

In 2002, 182,345 tourists visited Nanping City. Special sights of the city are the Wuyi Mountains and the Mangdang Mountains .

The Wuyi Mountains , on the border with Zhejiang , have become a popular tourist destination within China . It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site .

traffic

Nanping is the starting point of the Nanping – Longyan railway , a new line that opened on December 29, 2018.

sons and daughters of the town

literature

Web links

Commons : Nanping  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Fujian Statistical Yearbook 2003 (figures from 2002)
  2. bac: China is putting numerous new lines into operation . In: Eisenbahn-Revue International 4/2019, p. 186f (187).

Coordinates: 26 ° 38 '  N , 118 ° 10'  E