21 towns in Nan'an City: Guanqiao Town, Shengxin Town, Luncang Town, Dongtian Town, Yingdu Town, Xiangyun Town, Jintao Town, Shishan Town, Penghua Town, Pier Town, Jiudu Town, Lefeng Town, Luodong Town, Meishan Town, Honglai Town, Hongmei Town, Kangmei Town, Fengzhou Town, Xiamei Town, Shuitou Town, and Shijing Town.
Nan'an City
Nan'an, also known as Wurong, is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Quanzhou City, Fujian Province. It is located on the southeast coast of Fujian Province, in the middle reaches of Jinjiang River.
The city covers an area of ??2,036 square kilometers and has a permanent population of more than 1.41 million (results of the Sixth National Census in 2010).
The population is mainly Han, and there are also She, Manchu, Hui and other ethnic minorities.
Nan'an is a very powerful county and city, and its comprehensive competitiveness ranks third among counties (including county-level cities) in Fujian Province.
In 2010, Nan'an City's total GDP was 48.021 billion yuan, with per capita GDP of 32,000 yuan, ranking 48th in "National County Basic Competitiveness" and 30th in "Small and Medium-sized Cities with the Most Investment Potential". Ranked 45th in the "Scientific Development of Small and Medium Cities" and ranked 23rd in Forbes' list of the best county-level cities in mainland China.
It is known as the hometown of longan and the hometown of building materials.
Nan'an has a long history and outstanding people.
The county was established in the third year of Yong'an in the Eastern Wu Dynasty of the Three Kingdoms (AD 260), and was named "Dongan County".
After the dynasties changed, the names were changed to Jin'an, Liang'an, etc. In the ninth year of Kaihuang's reign in the Sui Dynasty (589 AD), it was first called Nan'an County. In the early Tang Dynasty (684 AD), Wurong Prefecture was established, so Nan'an was also called Wurong. .
Nan'an was once the political, economic and cultural center of southern Fujian in history, and was known as the "Seaside Zoulu". The Fengzhou Jinji Ancient Port in its territory was once the starting point of the ancient "Maritime Silk Road".
Ouyang Zhan, the pioneer of Fujian culture in the Tang Dynasty, Li Zhi, the outstanding thinker in the Ming Dynasty, national hero Zheng Chenggong, Ye Fei, a famous general, and famous patriotic overseas Chinese Li Guangqian and Huang Zhongxian, all have their ancestral places in Nan'an.
Nan'an was one of the three towns in Quanzhou during the Qing Dynasty. Due to the large number of Nan'an people who moved overseas in modern times, Nan'an has also become a famous hometown of overseas Chinese in China.