Ningde City is a prefecture-level city located along the northeastern coast of Fujian province, China. It borders Fuzhou to the south, Wenzhou City and Zhejiang province to the north, and Nanping City to the west. Situated roughly 300 kilometers north of the Tropic of Cancer, Ningde spans 13,500 square km in land area. Like the rest of Fujian province, Ningde sits in a mountainous region but it also enjoys 878km of coastline facing the Taiwan Strait and East China Sea. Ningde has a population of over 3.3 million. It is also the primary residential region for the She minority people, who take up 24.72% of the population.

Facts of Ningde
Chinese Name: 宁德市 (níng dé shì)
Population: 3,310,000
Area: 13,452 square kilometers (5,194 square miles)
Location: in the northeast of Fujian Province, southeastern China
Administrative Division: 1 district (Jiaocheng); 2 county-level cities (Fu'an, Fuding); 6 counties (Shouning, Xiapu, Zherong, Pingnan, Gutian, Zhouning)
Nationalitiy: Han, She
Area Code: 0593
Zip Code: 352100-355514 

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History of Ningde
Precise records on the administrative history of Ningde began in the Jin Dynasty (265-420). During the Tang Dynasty (618-907), it was brought into the territory of present Fuzhou. An old district in urban Ningde City. Like many other Chinese cities, Ningde is developing fast economically and old houses like these are giving way to new, modern buildings.

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What to see in Ningde?
Ningde city belongs to the hilly area in eastern Fujian, and its terrain declined from the west and north to the east and south with the central area ridgy. Mountainous and hilly regions constitute the majority of the city's territory. There are some basins scattered among the mountains and hills. Furthermore, the plain is also distributed near the coastal area. It has a coastline of 878 kilometers  The great Mount Wuyi is just adjacent to its west. The long coastal line and lush mountains endow Ningde a great deal of excellent attractions. Visitors can see the towering and rolling granite peak forest and explore caves at the Taimu Mountain. As the only “shallow water square” in the world so far, Baishuiyang·Yuanyang Stream Scenic Area has a flat river bed with a length of 2 km (1.2 mi) and the water of which is as deep as an adult’s ankles. And the vast and beautiful mudflats in Xiapu are favored by photographers.

Taimu Mountain	Baishuiyang and Yuanyang Stream	Sandu Bay

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