Yanping
延平区
Yenping
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Skyline of Nanping (at night)
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| Nickname:
Little Hongkong
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Yanping | |||||||||||
Nanping in Fujian
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| Coordinates (Nanping municipal government): 26°38′31″N 118°10′41″E / 26.642°N 118.178°E / 26.642; 118.178 | |||||||||||
| Country | People's Republic of China | ||||||||||
| Province | Fujian | ||||||||||
| Prefecture-level city | Nanping | ||||||||||
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| • CPC District Committee Secretary | He Mingxing | ||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||
| • Total | 2,660 km2 (1,030 sq mi) | ||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||
| • Total | 490,000 | ||||||||||
| • Density | 180/km2 (480/sq mi) | ||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) | ||||||||||
| Area code | 0086-599 | ||||||||||
| Vehicle registration | 闽H | ||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 延平区 | ||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 延平區 | ||||||||||
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| Chinese | 延城 | ||||||||||
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| Chinese | 延州 | ||||||||||
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Yanping District is a districtofNanping, Fujian province, People's Republic of China. The population of Yanping District was 504,483 at 2016.[1]
The name of the district literally means "Prolong Peace", and it is still commonly referred to as Nanping, which was its name before 1995. Nowadays, people still use both "Yanping" and "Nanping" in mailing address, and Nanping is even more common.
The city was built as a house at 196 BC. Before that it was a village governed by Houguan County (Fuzhou). Because it is the start point of Min River, it acts as a trading transferring center between North Fujian, Jiangxi and Fuzhou.
Also, it is the last stronghold of Fuzhou, the largest city in Fujian, and usually carefully guarded. Because the soldiers came from north China, the city's dialect was more similar to that of Henan Province.
Yanping District was named Nanping City at 1956, and after the prefecture-level city was named Nanping in 1995, it changed to its current name.
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¹ — Kinmen (Quemoy) is a county of the Republic of China (Taiwan). It is claimed by the PRC. | |||||||||||||||||
