Shanghang is a populous county of Longyan

Longyan

Longyan is a prefecture-level city in southwestern Fujian province, China.-Geography:It is situated in the upper reaches of the Jiulong and Tingjiang rivers...

 Municipality in 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.

Transportation

Part of Shanghang County is accessed by National Route (国道) 319, coming west from Xinluo (新罗区), the municipal seat. The county seat, conventionally called Shanghang itself but officially Linjiang Town (临江镇), is reached by Route 205.

Red Tourism

The county's most famous cultural-historical attraction is in the town of Gutian (古田镇)

Gutian (town)

Gutian is one of the ten towns in Shanghang County, Longyan, Fujian province. It is famous as the site of the 1929 Gutian Congress where Mao Zedong affirmed his leadership of the Zhu-Mao 4th Army and stamped out democratic tendencies among the troops. The town and site may be reached by...

, namely the site of the Gutian Congress

Gutian Congress

The Gutian Congress or Gutian Conference was the 9th meeting of the Chinese Communist Party and the first after the Nanchang Uprising and subsequent southward flight of the insurrectionist troops...

 (1929 December).

Administration

As of 1998, Shanghang administers 9 towns (zhen, 镇). Aside of Linjiang and Gutian, they are :

• Lincheng (临城镇)
  Lincheng Town
  Lincheng Town is a township-level division situated in Xingtai, Hebei, China....
  
  
• Rentian (稔田镇)
• Nanyang (南阳镇)
  Nanyang Town
  Nanyang may refer to the following towns in China:* Nanyang, Yancheng , in Tinghu District, Yancheng, JiangsuWritten as "南阳镇":* Nanyang, Shanghang County, Fujian* Nanyang, Shouning County, Fujian...
  
  
• Caixi (才溪镇)
• Baisha (白砂镇)
• Lanxi (蓝溪镇)
• Zhongdu (中都镇)

Townships

The county has 13 townships (xiang, 乡) :

• Shanhu (珊瑚乡)　
• Jiuxian (旧县乡)
• Huyang (湖洋乡)
• Jiaoyang (蛟洋乡) - site of the eponymous 1929 congress
• Tongxian (通贤乡)
• Buyun (步云乡)
• Xikou (溪口乡)
• Chadi (茶地乡)
• Panjing (泮境乡)
• Taiba (太拔乡)
• Xiadu (下都乡)

Two are expressly for the pre-Han

Han Chinese

Han Chinese are an ethnic group native to China and are the largest single ethnic group in the world.Han Chinese constitute about 92% of the population of the People's Republic of China , 98% of the population of the Republic of China , 78% of the population of Singapore, and about 20% of the...

 natives :

• Guanzhuang 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....
  
  Ethnic Township (官庄畲族乡)
• Lufeng She-nation Ethnic Township (庐丰畲族乡)

External links

• http://www.shanghang.gov.cn/