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Changting County
长汀县 Tingzhou | |
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![]() Location of Changting in Fujian | |
Coordinates: 25°41′N 116°20′E / 25.683°N 116.333°E | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Province | Fujian |
Prefecture-level city | Longyan |
County seat | Tingzhou |
Area | |
• Total | 3,099 km2 (1,197 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 393,390 |
• Density | 130/km2 (330/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Website | www |
simplified Chinese: 长汀; traditional Chinese: 長汀; pinyin: Chángtīng; Hakka: Tshòng-tin), also known as Tingzhou or Tingchow (汀州; Tīngzhōu), is a county in western Fujian province, People's Republic of China. With a population of 480,000 and an area of 3,099 square kilometres (1,197 sq mi), Changting is the fifth largest county in the province [1]. The majority of the population belongs to the Hakka people and speaks Changting dialect, a dialect of Hakka Chinese. The Changting dialect is mutually unintelligible with the Meixian dialect, which is another Hakka language spoken in Guangdong.
(The county seat is the town of Tingzhou.