Shibi 石壁镇 | |
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Town | |
ShibiLocation in Fujian | |
Coordinates: 26°14′40″N 116°30′50″E / 26.24444°N 116.51389°E / 26.24444; 116.51389 | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Province | Fujian |
Prefecture-level city | Sanming |
County | Ninghua |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Shibi (Chinese: 石壁; pinyin: Shíbì), literally Stone Wall, is one of four towns of Ninghua County, in western Fujian province, People's Republic of China, near the border with Jiangxi.
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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