Taishun County

Taishun County (泰顺县) is a county in the prefecture-level city of Wenzhou (simplified Chinese: 温州; traditional Chinese: 溫州; pinyin: Wēnzhōu), in the southern part of Zhejiang province, China, near the border with the Fujian province.

Taishun County has more than 900 covered bridges, many of them hundreds of years old, as well as a covered bridge museum. Wuyanling National Nature Reserve in the west of the county represents significant natural values as well as being a touristic attraction.

The 2007 population was 350,000.

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Coordinates: 27°33′54″N 119°43′00″E / 27.56500°N 119.71667°E / 27.56500; 119.71667

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