Changting County

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Changting County 长汀县 Tingzhou
County
Location of Changting in Fujian
Coordinates: 25°41′N 116°20′E / 25.683°N 116.333°E / 25.683; 116.333
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.changting.gov.cn

Changting^ⓘ (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.