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Town in Fujian, People's Republic of China
Shibi 石壁镇
Town
Shibi is located in FujianShibiShibiLocation in Fujian
Coordinates: 26°14′40″N 116°30′50″E / 26.24444°N 116.51389°E / 26.24444; 116.51389
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceFujian
Prefecture-level citySanming
CountyNinghua
Time zoneUTC+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

  1. 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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