Dongshan County (Chinese: 东山县; Pinyin Dongshan Xian) is a county in Zhangzhou Prefecture Level City，Fujian province, People's Republic of China. It is located to the south of the west coast of Fujian province along the Strait of Taiwan (longitude 117°17'33" E, latitude 23°33'33" ~ 47'11" N). There are 44 islands altogether in the county. The total area of all the islands is 194 km², and the population of the county is 200,000 residents. Dongshan ...
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Dongshan County (Chinese: 东山县; Pinyin Dongshan Xian) is a county in Zhangzhou Prefecture Level City，Fujian province, People's Republic of China. It is located to the south of the west coast of Fujian province along the Strait of Taiwan (longitude 117°17'33" E, latitude 23°33'33" ~ 47'11" N). There are 44 islands altogether in the county. The total area of all the islands is 194 km², and the population of the county is 200,000 residents. Dongshan County has jurisdiction over 7 towns, a nationally managed forest and an economic and technological development district.
In one of the islands, there are several ancient relics, including the Mountain of the Nine Immortals, and the Dongshan ancient city where two famous Ming Dynasty generals, Qi Jiguan and Zheng Chenggong were based.
There is the ancient Tonghshan Castle situated in Tongling Town on northwestern Dongshan Island. This waterside castle was built of stone in 1387 by Zhou Dexing of the Ming Dynasty to protect against Japanese...
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