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Nanping
Chongqing, China · Asia
About Nanping
Nanping sits on the route: 10 minutes from Shilian.
Nanping is in Chongqing, China, with about 33,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Shilian, about 6 km away.
Nanping is a third-tier prefecture-level city in northwestern Fujian Province, People's Republic of China. It borders Ningde to the east, Sanming to the south, and the provinces of Zhejiang and Jiangxi to the north and west respectively. Part of the famous Wuyi Mountains range is located in this prefecture. ItsRead more
population was 2,680,645 as of the 2020 census, of whom 795,448 lived in the built-up (or metro) area made up of Yanping and Jianyang urban districts.At the end of 2024 and the beginning of 2025, the permanent population will be 2.623 million.
Nanping is a picturesque old city, located on a hill near the fall of the Jianxi Brook into the Min, and surrounded by high stone walls, which were used to prevent artillery fire. They formed a considerable obstacle to anything hostile in past conflicts. The city flower is lily.
There are towering peaks and widespread low mountains in the territory, with river valleys and small basins scattered among them. Its landscape is dominated by hills and mountains and echoes a traditional Chinese saying that describes southern China as "eight parts mountain, one part water, and one part farmland" (八山一水一分田).
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Nanping is in Chongqing, China, about 6 km from Shilian.
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- Population
- 32,888
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- China
- Region
- Chongqing
- Timezone
- Asia/Shanghai
- Coordinates
- 29.0864, 106.9872
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