Fujian Province Cities with Over a Million Population   147. Longyan - 2,559,545    Return - Longyan
Longyan   Longyan
Chuxi tulou cluster in Chuxicun, Xiyang, Yongding County. Location of Longyan within Fujian Province
1 District, 1 County-Level City and 5 Counties - Longyan City
# Name Population Area km 2 Density km 2
District
1 Xinluo 662,429 2,685 247
County-Level City
2 Zhangping 240,194 2,975 81
# Name Population Area km 2 Density km 2
Counties
3 Changting 393,390 3,099 127
4 Yongding 362,658 2,216 164
5 Shanghang 374,047 2,879 130
# Name Population Area km 2 Density km 2
Counties
6 Wuping 278,182 2,630 106
7 Liancheng 248,645 2,596 96

The 5 Counties Administer 40 Towns and 41 Townships. Longyan is famous for it as the Home of Hakka People as Hakka people takes up 75% of entire population. It's said that tens of thousands of people from Longyan joined the PLA during the Chinese Civil War, and nearly every family had someone sacrificed lives on behalf of CCP side. There are more than 26,000 locals that took part in the Long March which in total is carried out by 86,000. Moreover, during 1955 and 1968, 68 people from Longyan were awarded Brigadier General or above, which accounts for 82% of all generals from Fujian province at the time, therefore, Longyan is also named after "The Home of Generals."