Pingtan

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Division of Fuzhou Prefecture

Pingtan ( Chinese  平潭 縣  /  平潭 县 , Pinyin Píngtán xiàn ) is a district that belongs to the administrative area of ​​the prefecture -level city of Fuzhou in southeast China 's Fujian Province . Pingtan is in the southeast of Fuzhou. The district is made up of 126 large and small islands and almost a thousand reefs. The main island of Haitan (海 坛 岛) is the fifth largest island in China. Pingtan has a land area of ​​371.7 km² and a water area of ​​approx. 2,164 km². At the end of 2003, there were 386,100 residents with primary residence in Pingtan.

Administrative structure

At the community level, Pingtan is composed of seven large communities and eight communities . These are (2004 population):

  • Large community Tancheng (潭 城镇), 12.1 km², 46,900 inhabitants, center, seat of the district government;
  • Large community Su'ao (苏澳 镇), 28.6 km², 40,000 inhabitants;
  • Greater community Liushui (流水镇), 42.9 km², 50,000 inhabitants;
  • Aoqian municipality (澳 前 镇), 27.9 km², 42,800 inhabitants;
  • Large municipality of Beicuo (北 厝 镇), 58.8 km², 38,000 inhabitants;
  • Pingyuan Municipality (平原 镇), 22.9 km², 26,000 inhabitants;
  • Greater community Aodong (敖东镇), 27.6 km², 31,400 inhabitants;
  • Baiqing municipality (白 青 乡), 9.2 km², 20,300 inhabitants;
  • Yutou Municipality (屿 头 乡), 15.3 km², 16,000 inhabitants;
  • Dalian Municipality (大 练 乡), 14.7 km², 9,000 inhabitants;
  • Luyang municipality (芦 洋 乡), 31 km², 6,800 inhabitants;
  • Community Zhonglou (中楼乡) km² 25.7, 22.500 inhabitants;
  • Dongxiang Township (东 庠 乡), 5.6 km², 10,000 inhabitants;
  • Lancheng municipality (岚 城乡), 34.2 km², 23,000 inhabitants;
  • Nanhai Township (南海 乡), 15.2 km², 10,100 inhabitants.

Ethnic breakdown of the population of Pingtan (2000)

The census in 2000 counted 371,922 inhabitants.

Name of the people Residents proportion of
Han 366.001 98.41%
Hui 5,604 1.51%
She 57 0.02%
Yi 40 0.01%
Mongols 34 0.01%
Manchu 30th 0.01%
Miao 30th 0.01%
Others 126 0.03%

Coordinates: 25 ° 30 '  N , 119 ° 48'  E