Zhangpu County
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Zhangpu (Chinese: 漳浦县) is a county under Zhangzhou municipality (or prefectural city) in southernmost Fujian. The governmental seat is at SuiAn Town (绥安镇).
Zhangpu is bordered by the County-level city of Longhai in the north, the counties of Pinghe and Yunxiao in the west, and the Taiwan Strait in the south and east. The major Shenyang--Haikou coastal expressway cuts through the county, keeping about midway between the coast and the old National Route 324.
[edit] Administration
Besides SuiAn, Zhangpu oversees 16 other towns (镇): Fotan (佛昙), Chihu (赤湖), Jiuzhen (旧镇), Duxun (杜浔), Xuemei (霞美), Gongfu (官浔), Changqiao (长桥), Qianting (前亭), Shentu (深土), Pantuo (盘陀), Maping (马坪), Shiliu (石榴), Shaxi (沙西), Dananban (大南坂), LiuAo (六鳌) and Gulei (古雷). The last two share names with the long peninsulas where they are situated, which project into the Taiwan Strait to form large bays.
There are also four townships (乡): Nanpu (南浦), Chitu (赤土), Huxi (湖西) and Chiling (赤岭). The latter two are protected ethnic (minority nation) townships (民族乡), both for She nation citizens.
[edit] Tourist Attractions of Historical Interest
In Huxi She-nation Ethnic Township (湖西畲族乡) there is a fortified compound called Zhaojiabao (赵家堡), where a party of Southern Song royals in flight from the Mongol conquistadors of the late 13th century took up a residence long in term and low in profile. With the Ming restoration of Han ethnic supremacy to the empire some ninety years and five generations later, the Zhao family (赵家) revealed their pedigree and the compound received its current name.
Zhaojiabao has its own exit right on the Shenyang--Haikou expressway, about 40 minutes south of Zhangzhou (ie of its central urban district Xiangcheng).
Coordinates: 24°7′4″N 117°36′28″E / 24.11778°N 117.60778°E
