Pingnan County (simplified Chinese: 屏南县; traditional Chinese: 屏南縣; pinyin: Píngnán Xiàn) is an inland county in the western Ningde prefecture level city, colloquially the Mindong (闽东) Region, i.e. northeastern Fujian province, China.
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The population of Pingnan stands at 181 300 residents, of whom 35 700 are urban resident. (2003)[1]
The county covers an area of 1485 km2, divided into four towns (镇, zhen) and seven townships (乡, xiang). The county executive, legislature and judiciary are seated at Gufeng Town (古峰镇), together with the CPC and PSB branches.
Pingnan was established as a county in Qing Dynasty in 1735.[2]
Local historical monuments include the Wan'an Bridge, located in the appropriately named Changqiao ("long bridge") Township. The bridge, described as the "longest woven timber bridge in China", was originally built in 1648, and rebuilt a number of times since.[3]
Pingnan is "the capital of summer mushrooms", and the annual produce of Xiangu mushrooms is more than 6,000 tons. It is the largest export base of summer mushrooms in China. Pingnan also is famous for fruits such as Younai plums, seedless persimmons, chinquapis, yangtaos, and Wuyan peas. [4]
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