Haicheng County
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| Haicheng County 海澄縣 | |||||||
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| County of China | |||||||
| 1567–1960 | |||||||
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• Established | 17 January 1567 | ||||||
• Disestablished | 1960 | ||||||
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| Today part of |  China | ||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 海澄縣 | ||||||||||||
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Haicheng County was a historic county in South China, dating to the Ming Dynasty. During the late Ming Dynasty, Haicheng was one of China's most important ports, earning the moniker "Little Suzhou-Hangzhou" (小蘇杭), a reference to the historically prominent trading centers of Hangzhou and Suzhou.