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Prefecture-level city
  
Nanping

Postal code
  
354000

Area
  
2,860 km²

Province
  
Fujian

Time zone
  
China Standard (UTC+8)

Website
  
www.shaowu.gov.cn

Local time
  
Saturday 12:40 AM

Area code
  
0599

Shaowu httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthu

Country
  
People's Republic of China

Weather
  
11°C, Wind NW at 2 km/h, 87% Humidity

Points of interest
  
Qiaoxi Tower, Cultural Plaza Unit Activity Room, Hepingzhen

Shaowu (Chinese: 邵武; pinyin: Shàowǔ) is a county-level city in northwestern Fujian province, People's Republic of China, located in the central part of the Wuyi Mountains. It has more than 100,000 inhabitants. The local dialect combines elements from Northern Min and Gan Chinese.

Contents

Map of Shaowu, Nanping, Fujian, China

4 Street Offices

Zhaoyang (昭阳街道)

Tongtai (通泰街道)

Shuibei (水北街道)

Shaikou (晒口街道)

12 Towns

Chengjiao (城郊镇)

Shuibei (水北镇)

Xiasha (下沙镇)

Weimin (卫闽镇)

Heping (和平镇)

Nakou (拿口镇)

Hongdun (洪墩镇)

Dabugang (大埠岗镇)

Yanshan (沿山镇)

Xiaojiafang (肖家坊镇)

Dazhu (大竹镇)

Wujiatang (吴家塘镇)

3 Townships

Guilin (桂林乡)

Zhangcuo (张厝乡)

Jinkeng (金坑乡)

Climate

Shaowu has a monsoon-influenced humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa), with short, mild winters and very hot, humid summers. The monthly daily mean temperature ranges from 7.3 °C (45.1 °F) in January to 27.7 °C (81.9 °F) in July. There is a marked decline in rainfall in autumn and early winter, and rainfall is both feqt and heavy during spring and early summer.

Expressway

  • G70 Fuzhou-Yinchuan Expressway
  • S0311 Pucheng-Jianning Expressway
  • S0312 Shaowu-Guangze Expressway
  • National Highway

  • G316
  • County-level Road (县道)

  • X804
  • X805
  • X829
  • Tourist Attractions

  • Yunlingshan (云灵山 Mt. Yunling): located in Longdou Village, Shuibei Town
  • Pubulin (瀑布林, literally Waterfall Forest): located in Shaikou Subdistrict
  • China Maze Town (中国迷宫小镇): located in Weimin Town, the biggest botanical labyrinth in Fujian
  • Culture

  • Zhuandiao (砖雕)
  • Shaowu Huagudeng (邵武花鼓灯)
  • Shaowu Puppetry (邵武木偶戏)
  • Dabugang Nanci (大埠岗南词)
  • Nanci Beidiao (南词北调)
  • the making of Nuo-Dance Masks (傩舞面具制作技艺)
  • Jostling-for-Wine Festival (抢酒节): originated from Hefang Village, Hongdun Town
  • Specialty

  • Shaowu Baoci (邵武包糍)
  • Youjiang Tofu (游浆豆腐)
  • Notable Person

  • Wu Meijin
  • References

    Shaowu Wikipedia