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Sanming Municipality, A prefecture-level city under Fujian Province , In Chinese [三明市]

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Administrative Division Code : 350400;
Post Code : 365000;
Phone Area Code :0598
The Prefix of Motor Vehicle License Plate : 闽G
The Prefix of Citizen Identity Card Number: 350400
Area Coverage: 22929 square kilometers;
Population : 2,700,000 persons;
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Current Weather of Sanming:
The adminitrative division form of Sanming is Municipality, which is one of the four administrative divisional forms at the the second level of China local administrative division system .
Municipality is also referred to as a prefecture level city (地级市). Most of Chinese big cities belong to this variety.
A prefecture-level municipality is subject to the juridiction of a provincial government ,and directly controls some urban districts while overseeing some counties or smaller cities on behalf of the provincial government.
Thus it's normal to see a large City (a Municipality) have juridiction over some small cities in China.
Subdivisions Under the jurisdication of Sanming Municipality
S/NFull NameIn Chinese In PinyinDivison type
1Sanyuan District三元区Sanyuan QuDistrict
2Meilie District梅列区Meilie QuDistrict
3Yong’an City永安市Yong'an ShiCity
4Jianning County建宁县Jianning XianCounty
5Taining County泰宁县Taining XianCounty
6Jiangle County将乐县Jiangle XianCounty
7Shaxian County沙县Shaxian County
8Youxi County尤溪县Youxi XianCounty
9Datian County大田县Datian XianCounty
10Ninghua County宁化县Ninghua XianCounty
11Qingliu County清流县Qingliu XianCounty
12Mingxi County明溪县Mingxi XianCounty
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Overview



The City of Sanming, roughly 22,959 square kilometers (the city proper is about 1,178 square kilometers) in area, is located amongst the great Wuyi and Daiyun Mountains in northwestern Fujian province, and has a population of about 1.8 million. Sanming is a newly developed industrial city and a key city in the “Green Triangle” Tourist Area.



Sanming has a long history and is rich in both natural and historical treasures, including the “second-to-none” Jinhu Lake in Taining; the Taoyuan Cave of Yong’an, which was praised as “the most spectacular” by Xu Xiake, the great geologist and traveler of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644); the Yuhua Cave of Jiangle, the Swan Caves of Ninghua, the Seven Immortals Cave of Sha Xian, and the Yuxu Cave of Mingxi, and the ancient buildings and stone carvings from the Ming Dynasty.



Now Sanming is a part of the “Green Triangle” Tourist Area with Wuyi Mountain as the center and offers tourists a long list of activities: people can explore the maiden forests and the deep and fascinating caves, cruise the mountain streams, study the unique landscape, go fishing and hunting, or just sit down in a quiet place and relax.

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