Shibi, Fujian

Coordinates: 26°14′40″N 116°30′50″E / 26.24444°N 116.51389°E / 26.24444; 116.51389
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Shibi
石壁镇
Shibi is located in Fujian
Shibi
Shibi
Location 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,[1] People's Republic of China, near the border with Jiangxi.

History[edit]

Shibi bills itself as the Cradle of the Hakkas (客家人的摇篮) for its place in Hakka history.

Republic of China[edit]

Year 2 : Tingzhou fu, the prefecture which oversees Ninghua, is renamed Changting (长汀).

Liberation[edit]

Tingzhou-fu/Changting is broken up; Ninghua and its towns now come under the new municipal region of Sanming.

Notes and references[edit]

  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