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March 8, 2014
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Lianjiang

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Lianjiang (Traditional Chinese|連江; Simplified Chinese|连江; Pinyin|Li?njiāng; Wade-Giles|Lien?-chiang?) is a county on the coast of Fujian Province of China|Province, China. The lands adjoining the mainland are controlled by the People's Republic of China, and the outlying islands, collectively referred to as the Matsu Islands|Matsu, are administered as Lienchiang County (Wade-based Romanization) by the Republic of China, which is mostly on Taiwan. As a result, the county has two governments governing separate jurisdictions.

PRC jurisdiction:
  • Capital: Fengcheng Town

  • Population: 620,000

  • Area: 1168.1 square kilometre|km?

  • Geographic coordinates: 26?03'-26?27' N, 119?17'-120?31' E


ROC jurisdiction:
  • Capital: Nangan Township

  • Population: 11,002 (9,000 permanent)

  • Area: 34 square kilometre|km?

  • Geographic coordinates: see Matsu Islands





The PRC governs 14 townships (镇) and 7 rural townships (乡):
  • Fengcheng Township (凤城镇) "Phoenix City"

  • Mabi Township (马鼻镇) "Horse Snout"

  • Danyang Township (丹阳镇)

  • Dongdai Township (东岱镇) "East Lake"

  • Donghu Township (东湖镇)

  • Guanban Township (官坂镇) (Traditional Chinese|Traditional: 官阪)

  • Tailu Township (苔菉镇)

  • Aojiang Township (敖江镇) "Ao River"

  • Pukou Township (浦口镇) "River Mouth"

  • Toubao Township (透堡镇)

  • Huangqi Township (黄岐镇)

  • Xiao'ao Township (晓澳镇)

  • Guantou Township (琯头镇 Gu?nt?u): officially Guāntou (倌头)

  • Xiaocheng Township (筱埕镇 Xiǎoch?ng)

  • Xiagong Rural Township (下宫乡)

  • Xiaocang She (ethnic group)|She Nationality Rural Township (小沧畲族乡) (Traditional Chinese|Traditional: 小滄佘族鄉)

  • Changlong Rural Township (长龙乡) "Long Dragon"

  • Ankai Rural Township (安凯乡)

  • Kengyuan Rural Township (坑园乡)

  • Liaoyan Rural Township (蓼沿乡)

  • Pandu Rural Township (潘渡乡)


These townships are divided into 266 villages.

The ROC governs 4 townships (鄉):
  • Nangan Township (南竿鄉 N?ngān) "Southern Fishing Pole"

  • Beigan Township (北竿鄉 Běigān) "Northern Fishing Pole"

  • Jyuguang Township (莒光鄉 Jǔguāng;) "Brilliance of the Ju Kingdom"

  • Dongyin Township (東引鄉 Dōngyǐn) "Welcoming the East"


These townships are divided into 22 villages, which are further divided into 137 neighborhoods (鄰 l?n). (All townships, except Jyuguang, are named after the largest island in its jurisdictional area, but most townships also include other islets.)




Liangjiang, in 282, during the Jin Dynasty (265-420)|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.

After the Republic of China was established, Lianjiang switched back and forth numerous times between two special regions:
  • Minhou Special Region (閩侯專區) (total 18 years)

  • Fu'an (Ningde) Special Region (福安(寧德)專區) (total 16 years)


In 1949, the county was split in two due to the Chinese Civil War, as it remains today.

Beginning on July 1, 1983, the PRC side reverted control to Fuzhou|Fuzhou Municipality.




Residents of Lianjiang, both mainland and Matsu speak dialects akin to the Fuzhou dialect. The dialect is known as Ping language (平話), and is a dialect of Min Dong|Eastern Min.




Sea-border length: 209 km




Food products:
  • Farm: loquats, rice, sweet potato, bean, cotton, sugar cane, tea plant, jasmine, watermelon, mushroom, grapes.

  • Sea: rhubarb, hairtail, shad, pomfret (fish)|pomfret, cuttlefish, garoupa, prawn, crab, clam.

  • Other: Yuanhong wine (?元紅?)





104 national roads in 500,300 metres. 42,600-metre navigable river length.

Guantou and Kemen (可門) are the largest seaports in Lianjiang with national access.




There are hot springs in Gui'an (貴安) and Tanghui (湯尾) of Pandu. There is a Dragon King Palace-Temple (龍宮廟) in the Xiaocang She Nationality Rural Township.



  • http://www.fjta.com/fuzhou/lianjiang/ Tourism (in Simplified Chinese)

  • http://www.matzu-nsa.gov.tw/ Tourism (Matsu National Scienic Area)

  • http://www.matsu.gov.tw/ County Official Website (ROC) (in Traditional Chinese)

zh:连江

Category:Republic of ChinaCategory:People's Republic of China

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Lianjiang".


Last Modified:   2005-04-13


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