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'''Yong'an''' () is a county-level city in west-central Fujian province, People's Republic of China. It is located on the Sha River, which is a tributary of the Min River. Formerly a county, Yong'an became a county-level city on September 12, 1984.

Key facts

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Yong'an
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Yungan
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County-level city
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Yan Jiang Zhong street
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China Fujian
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Location in Fujian
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Yong'an government
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Country
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People's Republic of China
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Fujian
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Prefecture-level city
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Sanming
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auto
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'''Yong'an''' () is a county-level city in west-central Fujian province, People's Republic of China. It is located on the Sha River, which is a tributary of the Min River. Formerly a county, Yong'an became a county-level city on September 12, 1984.

Yong'an is located in the west-central part of the prefecture-level city of Sanming, approximately west of Fuzhou, the provincial capital. The city's population is 319,000 (2003–2004). The natural population growth rate is 5.87%. The city was the capital of the Fujian Provincial Government during the Second Sino-Japanese War from 1938 to 1945.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Yong'an” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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