Longhai City


Longhai is a county-level city within the prefecture-level city of Zhangzhou, in the south of Fujian province, People's Republic of China. Longhai comprises territory on both banks of the lower Jiulong River, although most of its area is on the right bank. The left bank yields to Xiamen before reaching the sea, the right bank becomes the south shore of Xiamen Bay and is home to the Zhangzhou Port tariff-free industrial export zone, in Longhai's Gangwei Town.
Longhai has a population of 801,100.

History

Following the revocation of the sea ban in the late Ming, Yuegang became a key port for China's silver trade with Manila in the Spanish Philippines. It was one of Fujian's four main commercial ports.
Present-day Longhai is the only county-level city within the prefecture-level city of Zhangzhou. It was formed from the merger of the former Longxi and Haicheng counties on August 15, 1960.

Administration

Longhai's city main urban area is officially known as Shima Subdistrict. The city's executive, legislature and judiciary are located there, along with the CPC and PSB branches.
These organs administer 12 Towns, 2 Townships , 4 Govt farms, 2 Govt forests and—as of 2009—3 Development zones:

Towns

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Longhai's main railway station is called Zhangzhou Railway Station. It is located near Hongtang Village in Longhai's Yancuo Town, but, as its name indicates, it is actually closer to Zhangzhou's main urban area than to Longhai's. It is the junction of two high-speed rail lines: the Longyan-Xiamen Railway and the Xiamen-Shenzhen Railway, which share their tracks from Zhangzhou to Xiamen.
Railway development plans also include the construction of a 45-km-long branch line from Zhangzhou Railway Station eastward, across most of Longhai City to terminate at the China Merchants Group industrial area in Gangwei Town on the southwestern shore of Xiamen Harbor, opposite Xiamen Island. The branch will be known as Gangwei Railway, and will support trains running at speeds up to 120 km/h. Its opening is planned for 2013.

Climate