Shibi, Fujian
Shibi (Chinese: 石壁; pinyin: Shíbì), literally Stone Wall, is one of four towns of Ninghua County, in western Fujian province,[1] People's Republic of China, near the border with Jiangxi.
Shibi 石壁镇 | |
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Town | |
  Shibi Location in Fujian | |
| Coordinates: 26°14′40″N 116°30′50″E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Fujian |
| Prefecture-level city | Sanming |
| County | Ninghua |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
History
Shibi bills itself as the Cradle of the Hakkas (客家人的摇篮) for its place in Hakka history.
Republic of China
Year 2 : Tingzhou fu, the prefecture which oversees Ninghua, is renamed Changting (长汀).
Liberation
Tingzhou-fu/Changting is broken up; Ninghua and its towns now come under the new municipal region of Sanming.
Notes and references
- Fujian Sheng Dituce 福建省地图册, Gao Xiujing 高秀静, ed., China Map Publishing Co., 2003, ISBN 7-5031-3199-3
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