Pingnan County, Fujian

Pingnan County (Chinese: 屏南县 Pinyin: Píng Nán Xiàn) is a county-level city located west of Ningde, Fujian, China. [zh icon [http://www.nds.gov.cn/tz/en/enc06.asp Ningde China Investment Online ] ] Pingnan is located in Ningde Prefecture Level City. The population of Pingnan stands at 181 000 residents. [zh icon [http://www.nds.gov.cn/tz/en/enc06.asp Ningde China Investment Online ] ]

History

Pingnan was established as a county in Qing Dynasty in 1735. It covers an area of 1485 km². It administers 4 towns and 7 villages. [zh icon [http://www.nds.gov.cn/tz/en/enc06.asp Ningde China Investment Online ] ]

Pingnan is "the capital of summer mushrooms", and the annual produce of Xiangu mushrooms is more than 6,000 tons. It is the largest export base of summer mushrooms in China. Pingnan also is famous for fruits such as Younai plums, seedless persimmons, chinquapis , yangtaos, and Wuyan peas . [zh icon [http://www.66163.com/fujian_w/city/ningde/zdlm/pnx-e.htm 宁德之窗-屏南县 Pingnan County ] ]

ee also

*Ningde
*Fuzhou

References

External links

* [http://www.nds.gov.cn/tz/en/enc02.asp Ningde government website]