Changting ( simplified Chinese : 长汀 ; traditional Chinese : 長汀 ; pinyin : Chángtīng ; Hakka : Tshòng-tin), also known as Tingzhou or Tingchow ( 汀州 ; Tīngzhōu ), is a county in western Fujian province, People's Republic of China. With a population of 397,470 in 2020 and an area of 3,099 square kilometres (1,197 sq mi), Changting is the one of the largest counties in the province. The majority of the population belongs to the Hakka people and speaks Changting dialect , a dialect of Hakka Chinese . The Changting dialect is mutually unintelligible with the Meixian dialect , which is another Hakka language spoken in Guangdong .
8-438: Changting may refer to: Changting County (长汀县), of Longyan, Fujian, China Changting Prefecture (长汀), a territorial unit in the first half of the 20th century Changting dialect Changting station , station of Suzhou Rail Transit Frank Hsieh (謝長廷; pinyin: Xiè Chángtíng; born 1946), Taiwanese politician and former defense attorney Weng Changting (翁长亭), character in
16-415: Is a county in southwest Fujian Province, China , bordering Guangdong Province to the southwest. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Longyan . Part of Shanghang County is accessed by China National Highway 319 , coming west from Xinluo District ( 新罗区 ), the municipal seat. The county seat, conventionally called Shanghang itself but officially Linjiang Town ( 临江镇 ),
24-531: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Changting County The county seat is the town of Tingzhou . Changting was originally the name of a prefecture (called Tingzhou in imperial times), established in the second year of the Republic of China - 1913. During the early stages of the Chinese Civil War , this prefecture was part of
32-787: The Wuyi Mountains ( 武夷山脉 ), Changting belongs to subtropical zone. The region enjoys abundant precipitation as the warm maritime air meets the cool air in the mountains, generating a large amount of rainfall. The county executive, legislature and judiciary are in Tingzhou Town, together with the CPC and PSB branches. (i.e., of Tingzhou/Changting Prefecture and of PRC's Changting County): Shanghang County Shanghang ( simplified Chinese : 上杭县 ; traditional Chinese : 上杭縣 ; pinyin : Shàngháng Xiàn ; Pe̍h-ōe-jī : Siôngháng Gnuâi ; Hakka : Sông-hông-yen )
40-768: The Chinese television series Legend of Nine Tails Fox See also [ edit ] Changxing (disambiguation) Changxin (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Changting . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Changting&oldid=1178108442 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with given-name-holder lists Chinese given names Hidden categories: Short description
48-733: The economic and financial centre of the Chinese Soviet Republic (the Jiangxi Soviet ). Tens of thousands of people from Changting joined the Chinese Red Army but not many survived the Long March . With the founding of the People's Republic of China , the prefecture was redesignated "Longyan" ( 龙岩地区 ) and its government was moved down to Xinluo . Changting has since been the name of a county only, within
56-499: The municipal region of Longyan . With the prosperity of road and railway transportation and more and more dams built along the river, Ting River gradually lost its advantage as a vital transportation means. Changting, once an important concentration place for travellers and goods, became isolated by big mountains. Changting lost its place as the center of western Fujian and became one of the poorest counties in Fujian province. Today,
64-576: The situation has improved a lot with first railroad in service in 2005 and first highway in service at the end of 2007. Changting borders Liancheng County to the east, Wuping and Shanghang counties to the south (all in Longyan municipality ), Sanming municipality's Ninghua County to the north, Ganzhou municipality's Ruijin City in Jiangxi province to the west. Located in the southern end of
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