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Chinese Cities with Over a Million Population
169. Ningde, Fujian - 2,821,996
Ningde's history dates back to the Stamped Pottery Culture System. As early as
10,000 to 20,000 years ago during the late Upper Palaeolithic period of the
Stone Age (also known as the Old Stone Age) there were already human beings
living and multiplying here. In 282, the Jin Dynasty government established
magistrate rule here.
Mongol-Manchu
In 1934, an Administration Supervision Zone was set up here under the Republic
of China. After 1949, the People's Republic of China established Fu'an Special
Administration Zone. Finally in June 1971 the Zone was promoted to Ningde
Prefecture.
Situated roughly 300 kilometres (190 mi) north of the Tropic of Cancer, the
prefecture of Ningde spans 13,500 square kilometers (5,200 sq mi) in land area.
Like the rest of the province, Ningde sits in a mountainous region but it also
enjoys almost 200 kilometres (120 mi) of coastline facing the Taiwan Strait and
East China Sea.
It is subjected to a humid subtropical climate, with occasional threat of
typhoons. Within the prefecture, the mean annual temperature ranges from 13.4
to 20.2 C (56 to 68 F), while mean annual rainfall ranges from 1,250 to 2,350
millimeters (49 to 93 in). The region also enjoys a frost-free period of 235 to
300 days per year, which is highly beneficial for soil agriculture.
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