Lianjiang County
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Lianjiang County 连江县 |
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 Lianjiang
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| Coordinates: 26°12′N 119°32′E / 26.200°N 119.533°ECoordinates: 26°12′N 119°32′E / 26.200°N 119.533°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Fujian |
| Prefecture-level city | Fuzhou |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,168.1 km2 (451.0 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 620,000 |
| • Density | 530/km2 (1,400/sq mi) |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
Lianjiang (simplified Chinese: 连江; traditional Chinese: 連江; pinyin: Liánjiāng; Wade–Giles: Lien²-chiang¹; BUC: Lièng-gŏng) is a suburban county of Fuzhou on the eastern coast of Fujian province, People's Republic of China. Most of the county is controlled by the People's Republic of China (PRC), while a number of outlying islands, collectively referred to as the Matsu Islands, are administered as a separate Lienchiang County (same Chinese name but in Wade–Giles Romanization) by the Republic of China (ROC), based in Taiwan since 1949. As a result, the county has two governments governing separate jurisdictions.
See Matsu Islands for a description of ROC-governed Lienchiang County.
PRC jurisdiction:
The PRC governs 14 towns:
These townships are divided into 266 villages.
Lianjiang, in 282, during the Jin Dynasty, was Wenma, named after a shipyard there, Wensha Ship-hamlet (溫麻船屯). It was incorporated into Min Prefecture (閩縣) in 607, during the Sui Dynasty.
Wenma was changed to the present name and made its own county during in 623, during the Tang Dynasty, when Baisha (白沙) or Fusha (伏沙) of Aojiang was the capital of Lianjiang County. The capital was changed to Fengcheng as today in 742.
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