Taishun County

Taishun
Taishun; 泰顺县
	County
	Covered bridge at Wuyanling National Nature Reserve
	Taishun Location of the seat in Zhejiang
	Coordinates: 27°33′25″N 119°43′05″E
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Zhejiang
Prefecture-level city	Wenzhou
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)

Taishun County (simplified Chinese: 泰顺县; traditional Chinese: 泰順縣; pinyin: Tàishùn Xiàn) is a county in the prefecture-level city of Wenzhou, in the southern part of Zhejiang province, China, bordering Fujian province to the southeast, south, and west.

Taishun County has more than 900 covered bridges, many of them hundreds of years old, as well as a covered bridge museum. Wuyanling National Nature Reserve in the west of the county represents significant natural values as well as being a touristic attraction.

The 2007 population was 350,000.

Administrative divisions

Towns:[1]

Luoyang (罗阳镇), Baizhang (百丈镇), Sixi (泗溪镇), Yayang (雅阳镇), Shiyang (仕阳镇), Sankui (三魁镇), Xiaocun (筱村镇), Pengxi (彭溪镇)

Townships:

Siqian She Ethnic Township (司前畲族镇), Zhuli She Ethnic Township (竹里畲族乡)

References

"温州市-行政区划网 www.xzqh.org" (in Chinese). XZQH. Retrieved 2012-05-24.

External links

Taishun County photos

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[1] "温州市-行政区划网 www.xzqh.org" (in Chinese). XZQH. Retrieved 2012-05-24.