- Wannian County
Wannian (zh-cp|c=万年|p=Wànnián) is a county under the jurisdiction of
Shangrao City inJiangxi ,China .Its total area is 1140.76 square kilometers. Its 2003 population was 361,000.
Under Wannian County are 6 towns and 9 townships.
The county seat and largest population center is Chényíng Town (陈营镇). The second largest population center and former county seat is Qīngyún Town (青云镇) (formerly Chéngguān Town (城关镇)).
In addition to farming,
pearl andconcrete production are economically important. There is limitedmining .The local dialect, Wannianese, is a dialect of the
Gan Chinese language.Wannian is the location of the
Xianren Cave (Fairy Cave), where historically important finds have been made of ancientpottery shards andrice grains.External links
* [http://www.glossika.com/en/dict/classification/gan/yingyi/index.php Classification of Wannian in Sinitic]
* [http://www.glossika.com/en/dict/dialectdata/jiangxi/wannian.php Wannian Dialect]
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