Nanping

This article is about the city in Fujian. For the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period state, see Jingnan. For other uses, see Nanping (disambiguation).

Not to be confused with Nanjing or Nanning.

Nanping 南平市
Prefecture-level city
Clockwise from top: Nanping city at night, Heping old town, Minjiang Bridge, Nanping skyline during the day, and a sunset behind a temple in Yuping Park.
Nickname:  Northern Min
Location of Nanping City jurisdiction in Fujian
Coordinates (Nanping Administrative Services Center (南平市行政服务中心)): 26°38′30″N 118°10′39″E
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Fujian
Municipal seat	Yanping District (currently), Jianyang District (future)
Government
• CPC Secretary	Yuan Yi
• Mayor	Xu Weize
Area
• Prefecture-level city	26,278 km2 (10,146 sq mi)
• Urban	2,660 km2 (1,030 sq mi)
• Metro	2,660 km2 (1,030 sq mi)
Elevation	89 m (292 ft)
Population  (2020 census)
• Prefecture-level city	2,680,645
• Density	102.01/km2 (264.21/sq mi)
• Urban	795,448
• Urban density	299/km2 (775/sq mi)
• Metro	795,448
• Metro density	299/km2 (775/sq mi)
GDP
• Prefecture-level city	CN¥ 201 billion US$ 29.1 billion
• Per capita	CN¥ 74,903 US$ 11,763
Time zone	UTC+8 (CST)
Postal code	353000, 354000
Area code	0599
ISO 3166 code	CN-FJ-07
License Plate Prefixes	闽H
Local Dialect	Northern Min
Website	np.gov.cn

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Nanping

Nanping is a third-tier prefecture-level city in northwestern Fujian Province, People's Republic of China. It borders Ningde to the east, Sanming to the south, and the provinces of Zhejiang and Jiangxi to the north and west respectively. Part of the famous Wuyi Mountains range is located in this prefecture. Its population was 2,680,645 as of the 2020 census, of whom 795,448 lived in the built-up (or metro) area made up of Yanping and Jianyang urban districts.At the end of 2024 and the beginning of 2025, the permanent population will be 2.623 million.

Nanping is a picturesque old city, located on a hill near the fall of the Jianxi Brook into the Min, and surrounded by high stone walls, which were used to prevent artillery fire. They formed a considerable obstacle to anything hostile in past conflicts. The city flower is lily.

There are towering peaks and widespread low mountains in the territory, with river valleys and small basins scattered among them. Its landscape is dominated by hills and mountains and echoes a traditional Chinese saying that describes southern China as "eight parts mountain, one part water, and one part farmland" (八山一水一分田).