Xiapu


Xiapu is a county in the municipal region of Ningde, Fujian, People's Republic of China, located along a stretch of East China Sea coast, with many harbours and islands. It is bordered by Fuding City and Zherong County to the north, Fu'an City and Ningde's urban area to the west, and Luoyuan County, Fuzhou and the Matsu Islands of Lienchiang County, Republic of China to the south.
Xiapu is famous among lovers of landscape photography.
  • Area:
  • Population: 475,900
  • Postal code: 355100

    Administration

The county executive, legislature and judiciary are in , together with the CPC branch. The county court and PSB branch are in , the county hospital and industrial district are in .
Xiapu has jurisdiction over 6 towns and over 6 townships, of which three are ethnic townships designated for the native She people. Zhouyang Township was once a township under the jurisdiction of Xiapu and was abolished in 2003.

Towns

In 2008, the Xiapu Manichaean manuscripts of Shangwan Village 上万村, in Baiyang Township, Xiapu County became publicly known to the scientific world. They are manuscripts from a religion known as Manichaeism, which now only exists as Chinese Manichaeism. They continue to be used by a local priest, Chen Peisheng 陈培生, in his Manichaean rituals.

Xiapu in the News

On August 9, 2009, Xiapu was where Typhoon Morakot made continental landfall. A million people had just been evacuated from vulnerable areas of this and surrounding counties.

Climate