Changting County
ⓘ (simplified Chinese: 长汀; traditional Chinese: 長汀; pinyin: Chángtīng; Hakka: Tshòng-tin), also known as Tingzhou or Tingchow (汀州; Tīngzhōu), is a county in western Fujian province, People's Republic of China. With a population of 480,000 and an area of 3,099 square kilometres (1,197 sq mi), Changting is the fifth largest county in the province . The majority of the population belongs to the Hakka people and speaks Changting dialect, a dialect of Hakka Chinese. The Changting dialect is mutually unintelligible with the Meixian dialect, which is another Hakka language spoken in Guangdong.
Changting County
长汀县 Tingzhou | |
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Location of Changting in Fujian | |
| Coordinates: 25°41′N 116°20′E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Fujian |
| Prefecture-level city | Longyan |
| County seat | Tingzhou |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3,099 km2 (1,197 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 393,390 |
| • Density | 130/km2 (330/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Website | www |
The county seat is the town of Tingzhou.
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