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Fu'an City
Fu'an is a county-level city in the Ningde municipal region, in northeast Fujian province, People Republic of China, about 150 km away from the provincial capital Fuzhou. The population of Fu'an city stands at 597,000 residents. Fu'an is known for its tea production. One successful local company is the Tan Yang Kunfu tea , which won the Gold medal in Panama Pacific International Exposition (Year 1915).
Fu'an was established in 1245 AD during the Southern Song Dynasty. In November 1989, Fu'an was promoted to a county-level city. Fu'an City covers an area of 67.44 km�, and surrounded by hills and the seawaters.
Fu'an city is the production base of the tea-seed oil and bamboos, and the tea-oil trees are named "the green oil bank". The traditional yielding of Furong plums, mushrooms, paulownia oil and bamboos come to the top list in Fujian Province. There are aquatic products such as clams, blood clams, eel fly, Chinese villous crabs, prawns and yellow croakers. The industry has a certain scale, with the well-known electrical machinery and appliance production and one of the 3 national private shipbuilding plants.
Ningde Prefecture |
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Jiaocheng District |
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Fuding City - Fu'an City - Gutian County -
Pingnan County - Shouning County - Xiapu County - Zherong County - Zhouning County |