Ningde (Simplified Chinese: å®?å¾·; Traditional Chinese: 寕德; Hanyu Pinyin: NÃngdé), also known as Mindong (Simplified Chinese: 闽东; Traditional Chinese: é–©æ?±; Hanyu Pinyin: MÇ?ndÅ?ng; lit. East of Fujian), is a prefecture-level city located along the northeastern coast of Fujian province, China. It borders Fuzhou to the south, Wenzhou City and Zhejiang province to the north, and Nanping City to the west.
Ningde's history dates back to the Stamped Pottery Culture System (海�紋陶文化系統). As eary as 10,000 to 20,000 years ago during the late Upper Palaeolithic period of the Stone Age (also known as the Old Stone Age) there were already human beings living and multiplying here. In 282, the Jin Dynasty government established magistrate rule here. And during the first twenty-three years of the Yuan Dynasty (1206 – 1368), Funingzhou (�寧州) Administration was set up. In 1736, during the reign of Emperor Yongzheng of the Qing Dynasty, Ningde was promoted to Funingfu (�寧府) Administration.
In 1934, an Administration Supervision Zone was set up here under the Republic of China. After 1949, the People's Republic of China established Fu'an Special Administration Zone. Finally in June 1971 the Zone was promoted to Ningde Prefecture.
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