Ningde

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Ningde 宁德市
Prefecture-level city
'Clockwise from top: Jiangbin Road along the Min River, Reach Heaven Cave at Mount Taimu, Xian'gong Bridge in Shouning County, houses in the old quarter of Ningde, aquaculture in Xiapu County.
Location of Ningde City in Fujian
Ningde Show map of Fujian Ningde Show map of China
Coordinates (Ningde municipal government): 26°39′58″N 119°32′52″E / 26.6662°N 119.5477°E / 26.6662; 119.5477
Country	China
Province	Fujian
Municipal seat	Jiaocheng
Government
• CPC Secretary	Chen Rongkai
• Mayor	Chen Jiadong
Area
• Prefecture-level city	13,452 km2 (5,194 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)
• Prefecture-level city	2,821,996
• Density	210/km2 (540/sq mi)
• Urban	343,262
• Metro	623,840
GDP[1]
• Prefecture-level city	CN¥ 245.2 billion US$ 37.4 billion
• Per capita	CN¥ 84,251 US$ 12,849
Time zone	UTC+8 (CST)
Postal code	352000, 355000
Area code	593
ISO 3166 code	CN-FJ-09
License Plate	闽J
Local variety	Eastern Min
City flowers	Canna indica
Website	ningde.gov.cn

Ningde^[a] is a city located along the northeastern coast of Fujian, China. It borders the provincial capital of Fuzhou City to the south, Wenzhou City of Zhejiang to the north, and Nanping to the west.

The prefecture-level Ningde City administers 1 district, 2 cities, 6 counties, as well as 124 towns, townships and subdistricts. Listed below are the district, cities and counties, first four of which are coastal whereas the rest locate in mountainous areas.

Situated roughly 300 kilometres (190 mi) north of the Tropic of Cancer, the prefecture of Ningde spans 13,500 square kilometres (5,200 sq mi) in land area. Like the rest of the province, Ningde sits in a mountainous region but it also enjoys almost 200 kilometres (120 mi) of coastline facing the East China Sea. Ningde is listed No.2 in China Integrated City Index 2016's environmental ranking, a study conducted by the National Development and Reform Commission.^[2]

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