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Nanping is a prefecture-level city in northwestern Fujian province, People's Republic of China. It borders Ningde City to the east, Sanming City to the south, and the provinces of Zhejiang and Jiangxi to the north and west respectively. Very famous is the Wuyi Mountains.
Administration
* Yanping District
* Shaowu City
* Wuyishan City
* Jian'ou City
* Jianyang City
* Shunchang County
* Pucheng County
* Guangze County
* Songxi County
* Zhenghe County
Yanping District changed to current name in 1994, before that its name is also "Nanping City". Therefore, when mentioned, if not specify, Nanping will refer to Yanping District.
Description
Yen-ping is a wonderfully picturesque old city, situated on a hill at a fork of the river and surrounded by high stone walls pierced and loopholed for rifle fire. Such walls, while of little use against artillery, nevertheless offer a formidable obstacle to anything less than field guns as we ourselves were destined to discover. ... But the delights of Yen-ping are somewhat tempered by the abominable weather. In summer the heat is almost unbearable and the air is so nearly saturated from continual rain that it is impossible to dry anything except over a fire. From all reports winter must be almost as bad in the opposite extreme for the cold is damp and penetrating; but the early fall is said to be delightful."
