Shanghang County

Shanghang (上杭县) is a populous county of Longyan Municipality in Fujian Province.

Transportation

Part of Shanghang County is accessed by National Route (国道) 319, coming west from Xinluo (新罗区), the municipal seat. The county seat, conventionally called Shanghang itself but officially Linjiang Town (临江镇), is reached by Route 205.

Red Tourism

The county's most famous cultural-historical attraction is in the town of Gutian (古田镇), namely the site of the Gutian Congress (1929 December).

Administration

As of 1998, Shanghang administers 9 towns (zhen, 镇).^[1] Aside of Linjiang and Gutian, they are :

• Lincheng (临城镇)
• Rentian (稔田镇)
• Nanyang (南阳镇)
• Caixi (才溪镇)
• Baisha (白砂镇)
• Lanxi (蓝溪镇)
• Zhongdu (中都镇)

Townships

The county has 13 townships (xiang, 乡) ^[2] :

• Shanhu (珊瑚乡)　
• Jiuxian (旧县乡)
• Huyang (湖洋乡)
• Jiaoyang (蛟洋乡) - site of the eponymous 1929 congress
• Tongxian (通贤乡)
• Buyun (步云乡)
• Xikou (溪口乡)
• Chadi (茶地乡)
• Panjing (泮境乡)
• Taiba (太拔乡)
• Xiadu (下都乡)

Two are expressly for the pre-Han natives :

• Guanzhuang She-nation Ethnic Township (官庄畲族乡)
• Lufeng She-nation Ethnic Township (庐丰畲族乡)

Notes and references

External links

• http://www.shanghang.gov.cn/