Putian has 39 towns.

They are: Changtai Town, Huating Town, Lingchuan Town, Donghai Town, Xitianwei Town, Xindu Town, Huangshi Town, Beigao Town, Wutang Town, Sanjiangkou Town, Baitang Town, Guohuan Town, Jiangkou Town, Halu Town, Baisha Town, Zhuangbian Town, Xinxian Town, Watstone Town, Dongzhuang Town, Dongjiao Town, Daitou Town, Pinghai Town, Nanri Town, Zhongmen Town, Dongpu Town, Shanting Town, Meizhou Town, Bangtou Town, Fengting Town, Jiaowei Town, Duwei Town, Linan Town, Daji Town, Longhua Town, Laidian Town, Gai Wei Town, Zhongshan Town, Youyang Town, Yuanzhuang Town?

Putian Administrative Division

Putian City has 4 municipal districts (Chengxiang District, Hanjiang District, Licheng District , Xiuyu District), 1 county (Xianyou County). It consists of 8 streets, 39 towns, 7 townships, and 54 township-level administrative districts. There are 91 community residents' committees and 882 villagers' committees*** 973; there are 1,084 residents' groups and 11,031 villagers' groups*** 12,115. (In addition, there are 2 informal administrative divisions: Meizhou Bay North Shore Economic Development Zone and Meizhou Island National Tourism Resort)

Putian City is located in the middle of the Fujian coast, with the Taiwan Strait to the east and Taiwan across the sea. Wang is adjacent to the provincial capital Fuzhou to the north, Quanzhou to the south and close to Xiamen.

In addition, the People's Republic of China claims that Wuqiu Township (formerly Putian County, Fujian), which is managed by Kinmen County, Fujian Province, the Republic of China, is Wuqiu, Meizhou Town, Xiuyu District, Putian City, Fujian Province It is under the jurisdiction of the village but has no actual control.

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Geographical environment

Location and territory

Putian City is located in the central coastal area of ??Fujian, on the west coast of the Taiwan Strait, and is adjacent to the provincial capital in the north. Fuzhou is adjacent to Quanzhou in the south and close to Xiamen. It is located at 118°27`-119°39` east longitude and 24°59`-25°46` north latitude. It is 122.4 kilometers long from east to west, 80.5 kilometers wide from north to south, and covers an area of ??4,200 square kilometers. It borders Fuqing City in the northeast, Yongtai County and Dehua County in the northwest, Yongchun County, Nan'an City, and Hui'an County in the southwest, and the Taiwan Strait in the southeast. From east to south, there are three major bays: Xinghua Bay, Pinghai Bay, and Meizhou Bay. , facing Taiwan Province across the sea, and only more than 70 nautical miles away from Taichung Port.

Topography

Putian City is located in the coastal mountainous and hilly belt of central Fujian. The terrain slopes from northwest to southeast, with mountains on its back and the sea on its back. There are mountains in the northwest, rolling hills in the middle, and plains in the southeast. The vast and winding Mulan Creek, Yanshou Creek and Qiulu Creek constitute the Jiangnan water town.

The northwest is mostly medium and low mountains, with an altitude of 500 to 1,800 meters. There are 43 peaks over 1,000 meters above sea level. Among them, Shigujie, located at the junction of Xianyou County-Yongtai County-Dehua County in Putian City, has an altitude of 500 to 1,800 meters. At 1803 meters, it is the highest peak in the city.

The largest plain is the Xinghua Plain, commonly known as the South Beiyang Plain, with an area of ??46,400 hectares and is the third largest plain in Fujian Province.

The coastline in Putian is 343.6 kilometers long, accounting for about 10.3% of the total coastline length of Fujian Province. The southeast is a coastal low hilly zone with many peninsulas, islands and bays, and the coastline is 233.9 kilometers long. It has Meizhou Bay, Xinghua Bay, and Pinghai Bay. Among them, Xiuyu Island and Dongwu Bay in Meizhou Bay have deep water and wide harbor, and are neither frozen nor silted. Between the three bays are Daitou Peninsula, Zhongmen Peninsula, and Xiuyu Peninsula. There are more than 150 large and small islands, among which Nanri Island, Meizhou Island and Wuqiu Island are the most famous. ?

Climate characteristics

Putian City has an oceanic subtropical monsoon climate, with an average annual temperature of 18℃-21℃, an average annual sunshine hours of 1995.9 hours, a frost-free period of 300-350 days, and annual rainfall. Measurement 1000-1800mm.

Putian City is located on the northern edge of the Tropic of Cancer and borders the ocean to the east. It has a typical subtropical oceanic monsoon climate. The average annual solar radiation reaches 110.41 kcal/cm2; the average annual sunshine hours is 1995.9 hours, and the average annual sunshine rate is 45. The sunshine hours gradually increase from mountainous areas to coastal areas. The temperature gradually decreases from the southeastern coast to the northwest inland mountainous area. The annual average temperature in various places is between 16℃ and 21℃. The average annual frost-free period ranges from 316 to 350 days.

Most of the land in the city is suitable for the cultivation of crops with three crops a year for agricultural production.

The average annual precipitation in various parts of the city ranges from 1,000 mm to 2,300 mm, decreasing from the northwest mountainous areas to the southeast coast. The mountainous area in the northwest reaches more than 2300 mm, the central plain is 1200 mm to 1600 mm, and the southeast coast and islands are 900 mm to 1300 mm.

The obvious monsoon and strong coastal winds are also a characteristic of Putian’s climate. The main directions are northeasterly wind and southwesterly wind; the direction of winter and summer wind changes obviously with the alternation of seasons. In winter, it is mostly northerly wind, in summer, it is mostly southeasterly wind, and spring and autumn are the wind direction switching seasons. Wind speed weakens from the coast to the plains and inland mountainous areas, and winter monsoons are often stronger than summer monsoons.

Extended information: Baidu Encyclopedia-Putian