Fu'an
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Fu'an or Fu An is a county-level city in the Ningde
Ningde
Ningde , also known as Mindong , is a prefecture-level city located along the northeastern coast of Fujian province, China. It borders Fuzhou to the south, Wenzhou City and Zhejiang province to the north, and Nanping City to the west.-Administration:...

 prefecture level city, in northeast Fujian
Fujian
' , formerly romanised as Fukien or Huguing or Foukien, is a province on the southeast coast of mainland China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, and Guangdong to the south. Taiwan lies to the east, across the Taiwan Strait...

 province, PRC
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...

, some 150 km away from the provincial capital Fuzhou
Fuzhou
Fuzhou is the capital and one of the largest cities in Fujian Province, People's Republic of China. Along with the many counties of Ningde, those of Fuzhou are considered to constitute the Mindong linguistic and cultural area....

.

Economy

Fu'an is known for its tea production. One successful local company is the Tan Yang Kunfu tea, which won the Gold medal in Panama Pacific International Exposition (Year 1915).

An electric motor company (MingDong Electric Motor) was in FuAn between 1970 and 1980. The company went bankrupt, but the remnants of the company set up many shops, making electric motors and pumps two of the main products in the area.

Imperial

Fu'an was created a county in 1245 AD in the Southern Song.

Water

FuAn is located on the east or left bank of the Jiao (交溪), the main tributary of the Baima River (白马河).

Fu'an is known for the Saiqi Harbour (or Baima Harbor), which also bears the name "Golden Passage".

Road

National Route 104 passes through the county-level city, connecting its centre with Ningde municipal centre
Jiaocheng District
Jiaocheng is a district in the municipal region of Ningde, Fujian Province, PRC. Also called Ningde Shiqu , the district seats the municipality's executive, legislature and judiciary, together with its Communist Party and Public Security Bureaux.-Situation:Jiaocheng is bordered by Xiapu and...

 to the south and with Zherong County
Zherong County
Zherong County is a county of Fujian Province, China. It is under the administration of Ningde city....

 to the northeast.

Administration

FuAn has three street committees
Subdistrict (China)
The subdistrict , is one of the smallest political divisions of China. It is a form of township-level division which is typically part of a larger urban area, as opposed to a discrete town surrounded by rural areas, or a rural townships known as a xiang .In general, urban areas are divided into...

; the city's executive, legislature and judiciary
Basic people's court
A basic people's court is a lowest level court in the Courts of General Jurisdiction in the People's Republic of China. According to the Organic Law of the People's Courts of the People's Republic of China, the basic people's courts handle the first instance cases at the local level.Basic people's...

 are in Chengnan, together with its CPC
Communist Party of China
The Communist Party of China , also known as the Chinese Communist Party , is the founding and ruling political party of the People's Republic of China...

 and PSB
Public Security Bureau
In the People's Republic of China, a public security bureau refers to the government offices while the smaller offices are called Police posts which are similar in concept to the Japanese Kōban system) present in each province and municipality that handles policing , public security, and...

 branches.

There is one Development zone. The city oversees eleven towns and seven townships, of which three are zoned Affirmative action
Affirmative action
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-like for the She nation
She people
The She people are a Chinese ethnic group. They form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China....

 natives.

Street committees

(jiedao, 街道)
  • Chengbei (城北街道)
  • Chengnan (城南街道)
  • Yangtou (阳头街道)

Ethnic Townships

(Minzu xiang, 民族乡)
  • Kangcuo She-nation (康厝畲族乡)
  • Muyun She-nation (穆云畲族乡)
  • Banzhong She-nation (坂中畲族乡)

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