Licheng District, Putian

Licheng 荔城区
District
Licheng Location in Fujian
Coordinates: 25°25′54″N 119°00′57″E / 25.43167°N 119.01583°ECoordinates: 25°25′54″N 119°00′57″E / 25.43167°N 119.01583°E
Country	PRC
Province	Fujian
City (Prefecture)	Putian
Time zone	China Standard (UTC+8)

Licheng
Chinese	荔城
Literal meaning	Lychee City
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Lìchéng

Licheng District is an urban district of Putian on the central coast of Fujian Province, China.

Geography

Licheng comprises the southern shore of Xinghua Bay on the Taiwan Strait and its hinterland. It forms the southeastern corner of Putian's prefecture, bordering Houhai Lake and Quanzhou, and covers most of the extensively irrigated southern Putian Plain, an area known as the Nanyang (南洋).^[1]

Administrative divisions

Licheng is composed of the 2 subdistricts of Zhenhai (镇海街道, Zhènhǎi Jiēdào) and Gongchen (拱辰街道, Gǒngchén Jiēdào) and the 4 towns of West Tianwei (西天尾镇, Xītiānwěi Zhèn), Huangshi, Xindu (新度镇, Xīndù Zhèn), and Beigao.^[2]

References

Citations

1. Dean & al (2010), p. 1.
2. "行政区划", Official site, Putian: Putian People's Government, 2010. (Chinese)

Bibliography

• Dean, Kenneth; et al. (2010), Ritual Alliances of the Putian Plain, Vol. II, Handbook of Oriental Studies, §4: China, Vol. 23/2, Leiden: Brill.