Licheng District is an urban district of Putian on the southeast coast of Fujian Province (Minnan), China.
Licheng 荔城区 | |
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Coordinates: 25°25′54″N 119°00′57″E / 25.43167°N 119.01583°E | |
Country | PRC |
Province | Fujian |
City (Prefecture) | Putian |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Licheng | |||||||
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Chinese | 荔城 | ||||||
Literal meaning | Lychee City | ||||||
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Geography
editLicheng comprises the southern shore of Xinghua Bay on the Taiwan Strait and its hinterland. It forms the southeastern corner of Putian's prefecture, bordering Houhai Lake and Quanzhou, and covers most of the extensively irrigated southern Putian Plain, an area known as the Nanyang (南洋).[2]
Administrative divisions
editLicheng is composed of the 2 subdistricts of Zhenhai (镇海街道, Zhènhǎi Jiēdào) and Gongchen (拱辰街道, Gǒngchén Jiēdào) and the 4 towns of West Tianwei (西天尾镇, Xītiānwěi Zhèn), Huangshi, Xindu (新度镇, Xīndù Zhèn), and Beigao.[1]
References
editCitations
editBibliography
edit- Dean, Kenneth; Zheng, Zhenman (2010). Ritual Alliances of the Putian Plain. Handbook of Oriental Studies, §4: China, Vol. 23/2. Leiden: Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-17601-0.
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