Sanming

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Basic data
Seat of government : Ningde
Area : 22,929 km²
Residents : 2,700,000 (end of 2010)
Location of the prefecture-level city of Sanming in Fujian

Sanming ( Chinese  三明 市 , Pinyin Sānmíng Shì ) is a district-free city in the Chinese province of Fujian .

It is in the hinterland, has no access to the sea and borders on the neighboring province of Jiangxi .

history

District level of the city of Sanming

Sanming was a transition station for the Hakka on their migration from northern China to the south and is therefore also called the cradle of the Hakka . The Shibi community , near the Jiangxi border , is the home of the Hakka people.

Today descendants of historical figures (e.g. Li Shimin , the emperor of the Tang Dynasty ) still live in Sanming.

Zhu Xi , the most important neo-Confucian of the Song Dynasty , was also born here .

Administrative structure

At the district level, Sanming is made up of two city ​​districts , nine districts and one urban district. These are:

Surname Classification surface population meaning
Meilie (梅列 区) Borough 352 km² 140,000 inhabitants Center, seat of the city government
Sanyuan (三元 区) Borough 803 km² 150,000 inhabitants
Mingxi (明溪 县) circle 1,709 km² 120,000 inhabitants Main town: Xuefeng municipality (雪峰 镇)
Qingliu (清流 县) circle 1,809 km² 150,000 inhabitants Main town: Longjin Township (龙津 镇)
Ninghua (宁化县) circle 2,381 km² 350,000 inhabitants Main town: Cuijiang municipality (翠 江镇)
Datian (大田 县) circle 2,227 km² 370,000 inhabitants Main town: Junxi municipality (均 溪镇)
Youxi (尤溪县) circle 3,425 km² 420,000 inhabitants Main town: Chengguan Municipality (城关 镇)
Sha (沙县) circle 1,795 km² 240,000 inhabitants Administrative headquarters: Fenggan Street District (凤岗 街道)
Jiangle (将 乐 县) circle 2,247 km² 170,000 inhabitants Main town: Guyong municipality (古 镛 镇)
Taining (泰宁 县) circle 1,535 km² 130,000 inhabitants Main town: Shancheng Township (杉 城镇)
Jianning (建宁县) circle 1,705 km² 140,000 inhabitants Main town: Suicheng municipality (濉 城镇)
Yong'an (永安 市) city 2,941 km² 320,000 inhabitants

economy

Economic figures : Fujian Statistical Yearbook 2003 (figures from 2002)

tourism

literature

Web links

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

Coordinates: 26 ° 15 '  N , 117 ° 37'  E