Pingtan County
Pingtan County (Chinese: 平潭县) is a county comprising 126 islands in the Taiwan Strait, it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Fuzhou, the capital of Fujian Province, China. Now it is also the subject of newly founded Pingtan Comprehensive Pilot Zone (平潭综合实验区). The main island is Haitan Island (海坛岛; Hāi-tàng Dō).
Pingtan
平潭县 / 平潭縣 Pʻing-tʻan | |
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Downtown Pingtan | |
Location of Pingtan in Fuzhou | |
Pingtan Location of the seat in Fujian | |
| Coordinates (Pingtan government): 25°29′55″N 119°47′25″E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Fujian |
| Prefecture-level city | Fuzhou |
| Seat | Tancheng |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6,435 km2 (2,485 sq mi) |
| • Land | 371.91 km2 (143.60 sq mi) |
| • Water | 6,064 km2 (2,341 sq mi) 94.2% |
| Elevation | 44 m (143 ft) |
| Population (2009) | |
| • Total | 400,000 |
| • Density | 1,078/km2 (2,790/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Area code | 0591 |
| Website | english |
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| Traditional Chinese | 平潭縣 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 平潭县 | ||||||||||
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