Hui'an County

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Hui'an County
惠安县
County
Walled city of Chongwu
Hui'an
Location in Fujian
Coordinates: 24°59′N 118°48′E / 24.983°N 118.800°E / 24.983; 118.800Coordinates: 24°59′N 118°48′E / 24.983°N 118.800°E / 24.983; 118.800
Country People's Republic of China
Province Fujian
Prefecture-level city Quanzhou
Time zone China Standard (UTC+8)

 Hui'an  (Chinese: 惠安; pinyin: Huì'ān; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hūi-oaⁿ) is a county under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Quanzhou, Fujian, People's Republic of China. It is situated in the middle of the Fujian coast, between Quanzhou and Meizhou Bay. The county has a population of 921,794, as of late 2003, with a non-agricultural population of 289,396 people. The dialect is Hui'an dialect, related to Hokkien.

Administrative divisions

The county is divided into fifteen towns and one ethnic township. The only township in the county is Baiqi Hui Ethnic Township.

Towns:

  • Luocheng (螺城镇),
  • Luòyáng (洛阳镇),
  • Chongwu (崇武镇),
  • Dongyuan (东园镇),
  • Zhangban (张坂镇),
  • Dongling (东岭镇),
  • Wangchuan (辋川镇),
  • Tuzhai (涂寨镇),
  • Luóyáng (螺阳镇),
  • Huangtang (黄塘镇),
  • Shanxia (山霞镇),
  • Jingfeng (净峰镇),
  • Dongqiao (东桥镇),
  • Zishan (紫山镇),
  • Xiaozuo (小岞镇)
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