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Tancheng, Pingtan County
Town in Fujian, China From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tancheng[3] (潭城镇) is the seat of Pingtan County,[4] in Fuzhou, Fujian, China (PRC) seating its executive, legislature, judiciary, Chinese Communist Party and PSB branches. It is located on Haitan Island.
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History
In 1961, Tancheng Commune (潭城公社) was established.[1]
In 1980, Chengguan Town (城关镇) was established, which was renamed Tancheng Town in 1982.[1]
On March 29, 2013, a woman surnamed Wen in Tancheng lost 305,000 RMB to someone pretending to be her brother on QQ.[5]
On April 15, 2013, Chen Shixiong was appointed town-level Chinese Communist Party (CCP) secretary of Tancheng at the sixth plenary session of the 12th CCP Pingtan Committee.[6]
On August 8–9, 2015, Typhoon Soudelor brought winds measured at 36.3 meters per second in Tancheng, the highest in downtown Pingtan since 1971.[7]
On September 27–28, 2016, Typhoon Megi brought torrential rains across Pingtan, including Tancheng.[8]
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Administrative divisions
The town administers 15 residential communities and 4 village committees:[1][9]
Residential communities
Villages
Demographics
In 2020, Tancheng's population was 119,784.[10]
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References
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