Hukeng, Fujian

Hukeng
湖坑鎮
Town

Nanjiang Village, a section of the "Great Wall of Tulou" in the Nanxi Valley
Hukeng

Location in Fujian

Coordinates: 24°39′00″N 116°57′00″E / 24.65000°N 116.95000°E / 24.65000; 116.95000Coordinates: 24°39′00″N 116°57′00″E / 24.65000°N 116.95000°E / 24.65000; 116.95000
Country People's Republic of China
Province Fujian
Prefecture-level city Longyan
County Yongding
Area
 • Total 95 km2 (37 sq mi)
Population (1997)
 • Total 24,000
  http://www.xzqh.org/html/2008/1217/9544.html
Time zone China Standard (UTC+8)

Hukeng (Chinese: 湖坑) is a town (a township-level division) situated in Yongding County, Longyan, Fujian, China.[1]

A large number of Fujian Tulou are located with the territory administratively included within Hukeng, with a few within the actual Hukeng Town area. In particular, administratively, Hukeng includes the valley of the Nanxi (南溪， "South Creek"), where several villages (Yangduo, Xinnan, Nanzhong, Nanjiang, Shijia) consisting mostly of tulou form what some writers have dubbed the "Nanxi Great Wall of Tulou".

See also

References

  1. ↑ "湖坑镇 (Hukeng Town)" (in Chinese). xzqh.org. Retrieved 2012-05-24.


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