Sanmen CountySanmen County ((Tai-chow dialect

Taizhou dialect

Taizhou dialect is a dialect of Wu, one of the Chinese languages. It is spoken in the city of Taizhou in Zhejiang province of China. It is not mutually intelligible with Mandarin Chinese, and only partially intelligible with Shanghainese.-Consonants:*m、ng are also syllables-Vowels:...

: Sæn-meng Yön; Simplified Chinese: 三门县; Hanyu Pinyin: Sānmén Xiàn) is a county under the jurisdiction of Taizhou

Taizhou, Zhejiang

Taizhou is a prefecture-level city in middle eastern Zhejiang province, People's Republic of China...

 city/Municipality in Zhejiang Province of the People's Republic of China

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...

. The county's total area is 1072 square kilometers, and its population is 400,000 people. The county's postal code is 317100. The county government is located at 59 Renmin Road, in the town of Haiyou.

Sanmen Nuclear Power Station is under construction since 2009.

Sanmen Crab is well known in China for its delicious taste.

History

During the Qing Dynasty

Qing Dynasty

The Qing Dynasty was the last dynasty of China, ruling from 1644 to 1912 with a brief, abortive restoration in 1917. It was preceded by the Ming Dynasty and followed by the Republic of China....

, the Chinese forced the Italians to give up on a demand to hand over Sanmen Bay to them.

Administrative regions

The County administers ten towns, four townships, eight residential areas, and 511 administrative villages.

Towns: Haiyou, Shaliu, Zhuao, Tingpang, Liuao, Hengdu, Jiantiao, Lipu, Huaqiao, and Xiaoxiong.

Townships: Gaojian, Yanchi, Silin, and Shepan.

External links

• Sanmen, China official website (English translation from Google) Retrieved on 2009-10-14.