Hui'an County

 Hui'an  (Chinese: 惠安; pinyin: Huì'ān; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hūi-oaⁿ) is a county under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Quanzhou, Fujian, People's Republic of China. It is situated in the middle of the Fujian coast, between Quanzhou and Meizhou Bay. The county has a population of 921,794, as of late 2003, with a non-agricultural population of 289,396 people. The dialect is Hui'an dialect, related to Hokkien.

Administrative divisions

The county is divided into fifteen towns and one ethnic township. The only township in the county is Baiqi Hui Ethnic Township.

Towns:

Economy

Hui'an people have long been engaged in quarrying local granite and using it for construction purposes. Traditional houses and other structures in the region are constructed from long narrow blocks of granite.

An County

An County or Anxian (simplified Chinese: 安县; traditional Chinese: 安縣; pinyin: Ān Xiàn) is a county under the administration of Mianyang City, in northeastern Sichuan province, China.

It has an area of 1,404 square kilometres (542 sq mi) and a population of 500,000.

Administrative divisions

An County has 17 towns and 3 townships.

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