Jiaocheng District

Jiaocheng District 蕉城区
District
Location in Ningde City
Jiaocheng Location in Fujian
Coordinates: 26°39′42″N 119°31′23″E / 26.66167°N 119.52306°E / 26.66167; 119.52306Coordinates: 26°39′42″N 119°31′23″E / 26.66167°N 119.52306°E / 26.66167; 119.52306
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Fujian
Prefecture-level city	Ningde
Time zone	China Standard (UTC+8)

Jiaocheng (Chinese: 蕉城区; pinyin: Jiāochéng; Foochow Romanized: Ciĕu-siàng) is a district of Ningde, Fujian province, PRC. Also called Ningde Shiqu (宁德市区 - Ningde Centre), the district seats the municipality's executive, legislature and judiciary, together with its Communist Party and Public Security Bureau.

Situation

Jiaocheng is bordered by Xiapu and Pingnan counties to the east and west, Zhouning County and Fu'an City to the north, and to the south by Fuzhou municipality's Gutian and Luoyuan counties. A large deep-water bay Sandu Ao gives access to the East China Sea.^[1]

Administration

The district oversees two Street committees (jiedao, 街道), one Development zone (kaifa-qu, 开发区), ten towns (zhen, 镇) and four townships (xiang, 乡), of which one is zoned Affirmative action-like for the native She people.^[2]

Subdistricts

• Jiaonan Subdistrict (蕉南街道)
• Jiaobei Subdistrict (蕉北街道)

Development zones

• Dongqiao (东侨开发区)

Towns

• Chengnan (城南镇)
• Zhangwan (漳湾镇)
• Qidu (七都镇)
• Badu (八都镇)
• Jiudu (九都镇)
• Feiluan (飞鸾镇)
• Sandu (三都镇)
• Chixi (赤溪镇)
• Huotong (霍童镇)
• Yangzhong (洋中镇)

Townships

• Hongkou Township (洪口乡)
• Shihou Township (石后乡)
• Hubei Township (虎贝乡)
• Jinhan She Ethnic Township (金涵畲族乡)

Transportation

Both Subdistricts, the Ethnic Township and the towns of Feiwan, Chengnan, Qidu and Badu lie on National Route 104, connecting south to Fengshan and north to Fu'an City centre.

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