Prefecture-level city Zhangzhou Area 1,128 km² Province Fujian | Time zone China Standard (UTC+8) Local time Monday 3:10 AM | |
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Longhai is a county-level city within the prefecture-level city of Zhangzhou, in the south of Fujian province, People's Republic of China. Longhai comprises territory on both banks of the lower Jiulong River, although most of its area is on the right (southern) bank. The left bank yields to Xiamen before reaching the sea, the right bank becomes the south shore of Xiamen Bay and is home to the Zhangzhou Port tariff-free industrial export zone, in Longhai's Gangwei Town.
Contents
- Map of Longhai Zhangzhou Fujian China
- History
- Administration
- Towns
- Townships
- Govt farms
- Govt Forests
- Development zones
- Transportation
- References
Map of Longhai, Zhangzhou, Fujian, China
Longhai has a population of 801,100.
History
Following the revocation of the sea ban (haijin) in the late Ming, Yuegang (月港, lit "Moon Harbor") became a key port for China's silver trade with Manila in the Spanish Philippines. It was one of Fujian's four main commercial ports, located within presentday Haicheng in Longhai.
Present-day Longhai is the only county-level city within the prefecture-level city of Zhangzhou. It was formed from the merger of the former Longxi (龍溪縣) and Haicheng (海澄縣) counties on August 15, 1960.
Administration
Longhai's city main urban area is officially known as Shima Subdistrict. The city's executive, legislature and judiciary are located there, along with the CPC and PSB branches.
These organs administer 12 Towns, 2 Townships (乡) (1 of them Ethnic), 4 Govt farms, 2 Govt forests and—as of 2009—3 Development zones:
Towns
Townships
Govt farms
Govt Forests
Development zones
(Strictly speaking, the zones stand within the territory of one or another of the city-administered towns, townships, etc. listed above).
Transportation
Longhai's main (and, presently, only) railway station is called Zhangzhou Railway Station. It is located near Hongtang Village (洪塘村) in Longhai's Yancuo Town, but, as its name indicates, it is actually closer to Zhangzhou's main urban area than to Longhai's. It is the junction of two high-speed rail lines: the Longyan-Xiamen Railway (opened in June 2012) and the Xiamen-Shenzhen Railway (to open by 2013), which share their tracks from Zhangzhou to Xiamen.
Railway development plans also include the construction of a 45-km-long branch line from Zhangzhou Railway Station eastward, across most of Longhai City to terminate at the China Merchants Group industrial area (招商局漳州开发区) in Gangwei Town on the southwestern shore of Xiamen Harbor, opposite Xiamen Island (24°24′00″N 118°03′00″E). The branch will be known as Gangwei Railway (港尾铁路), and will support trains running at speeds up to 120 km/h. Its opening is planned for 2013.