Tancheng, Pingtan County
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tancheng
潭城镇 | |
|---|---|
Town | |
 Longfengtou Coast Park (龙凤头海滨公园) | |
  Tancheng Location in Fujian  Tancheng Tancheng (China) | |
| Coordinates: 25°30′16″N 119°47′11″E / 25.504362°N 119.786523°E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Fujian |
| Prefecture-level city | Fuzhou |
| County | Pingtan |
| Village-level divisions | 15 residential communities 4 villages |
| Area | |
• Total | 12.1 km2 (4.7 sq mi) |
| Population (2020)[2] | |
• Total | 119,784 |
| • Density | 9,900/km2 (25,600/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Tancheng[3] (潭城镇) is the seat of Pingtan County,[4] in Fuzhou, Fujian, China (PRC) seating its executive, legislature, judiciary, Chinese Communist Party and PSB branches. It is located on Haitan Island.
In 1961, Tancheng Commune (潭城公社) was established.[1]
In 1980, Chengguan Town (城关镇) was established, which was renamed Tancheng Town in 1982.[1]
On March 29, 2013, a woman surnamed Wen in Tancheng lost 305,000 RMB to someone pretending to be her brother on QQ.[5]
On April 15, 2013, Chen Shixiong was appointed town-level Chinese Communist Party (CCP) secretary of Tancheng at the sixth plenary session of the 12th CCP Pingtan Committee.[6]
On August 8–9, 2015, Typhoon Soudelor brought winds measured at 36.3 meters per second in Tancheng, the highest in downtown Pingtan since 1971.[7]
On September 27–28, 2016, Typhoon Megi brought torrential rains across Pingtan, including Tancheng.[8]
Administrative divisions
The town administers 15 residential communities and 4 village committees:[1][9]
Residential communities
- Yuanmen (辕门社区)
- Youying (右营社区)
- Ruilong (瑞龙社区)
- Chengdong (城东社区)
- Hongshan (红山社区)
- Baohu (宝湖社区)
- Zhongpu (中埔社区)
- Guishan (桂山社区)
- Bailu (白鹭社区)
- Dongmen (东门社区)
- Jialin (佳林社区)
- Zhushan (竹园社区)
- Xiaohu (小湖社区)
- Wujing (武警社区)
- Kanhu (看守社区)