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Ningde
宁德市 | |
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'Clockwise from top: Jiangbin Road along the Min River, Reach Heaven Cave at Mount Taimu, Xian'gong Bridge in Shouning County, houses in the old quarter of Ningde, aquaculture in Xiapu County. | |
![]() Location of Ningde City in Fujian | |
Coordinates (Ningde municipal government): 26°39′58″N 119°32′52″E / 26.6662°N 119.5477°E | |
Country | China |
Province | Fujian |
Municipal seat | Jiaocheng |
Government | |
• CPC Secretary | Chen Rongkai |
• Mayor | Chen Jiadong |
Area | |
• Prefecture-level city | 13,452 km2 (5,194 sq mi) |
Population (2010 Census) | |
• Prefecture-level city | 2,821,996 |
• Density | 210/km2 (540/sq mi) |
• Urban | 343,262 |
• Metro | 623,840 |
GDP[1] | |
• Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 245.2 billion US$ 37.4 billion |
• Per capita | CN¥ 84,251 US$ 12,849 |
Time zone | UTC+8 (CST) |
Postal code | 352000, 355000 |
Area code | 593 |
ISO 3166 code | CN-FJ-09 |
License Plate | 闽J |
Local variety | Eastern Min |
City flowers | Canna indica |
Website | ningde.gov.cn |
Ningde[a] is a city located along the northeastern coast of Fujian, China. It borders the provincial capital of Fuzhou City to the south, Wenzhou City of Zhejiang to the north, and Nanping to the west.
The prefecture-level Ningde City administers 1 district, 2 cities, 6 counties, as well as 124 towns, townships and subdistricts. Listed below are the district, cities and counties, first four of which are coastal whereas the rest locate in mountainous areas.
Situated roughly 300 kilometres (190 mi) north of the Tropic of Cancer, the prefecture of Ningde spans 13,500 square kilometres (5,200 sq mi) in land area. Like the rest of the province, Ningde sits in a mountainous region but it also enjoys almost 200 kilometres (120 mi) of coastline facing the East China Sea. Ningde is listed No.2 in China Integrated City Index 2016's environmental ranking, a study conducted by the National Development and Reform Commission.[2]
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