Pingnan County, Fujian
Encyclopedia
Pingnan County is an inland county in the western Ningde
prefecture level city, colloquially the Mindong (闽东) Region, i.e. northeastern Fujian
province, China
.
The county covers an area of 1485 km2, divided into four towns (镇, zhen) and seven townships (乡, xiang).
The county executive, legislature and judiciary
are seated at Gufeng Town (古峰镇), together with the CPC
and PSB
branches.
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, colloquially the Mindong (闽东) Region, i.e. northeastern 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, China
China
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Administration
The population of Pingnan stands at 181 300 residents, of whom 35 700 are urban resident. (2003)The county covers an area of 1485 km2, divided into four towns (镇, zhen) and seven townships (乡, xiang).
The county 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 seated at Gufeng Town (古峰镇), together with the 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.
Townships
- Pingcheng (屏城乡)
- Tangkou (棠口乡)
- Gantang (甘棠乡)
- Yiling (熙岭乡)
- Luxia (路下乡)
- Shoushan (寿山乡)
- Lingxia (岭下乡)