Northern Coast (Fujian)

[[file:WV banner Fujian Northern Coast Boating on Nanxi Lake.jpg|1280px|Halal Explorer to Fujian Northern Coast}} The Northern Coast is an area of Fujian Province in China.

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Cities

Fuzhou 02 (Rolf Baur) - Downtown Fuzhou

In the Chinese administrative system and the region is divided into two prefectures whose administrative centers are the cities of Fuzhou and Ningde.

• Fuzhou - The main center of the region. The prefecture includes many smaller towns.
• Changle (长乐; Cháng​lè​) - with a town and the airport, on the coast to the east
• Fuqing (福清; Fú​qīng​shì)​ - an industrial town of about half a million, near the coast a bit south of Fuzhou
• Lianjiang - coastal town with beaches and good seafood, north of Fuzhou
• Mawei District (马尾区; Mǎwěiqū) and the port area, 20 km downstream
• Minhou (闽侯县; Mǐn​hóu​xiàn) - several universities have new campuses in this area, west of downtown
• Yongtai (永泰县; Yǒng​tài​xiàn) - scenic area with waterfalls, further west
• Lianjiang (连江县; Lián​jiāng​xiàn), along the coast North of Fuzhou
• Ningde - center of another prefecture
• Fuding
• Fu'an
• Xiapu

More Destinations

• Pingtan (平潭县; Píng​tán​xiàn) - an island south of Fuzhou

Local Languages

The local languages of the region are Mindong (Eastern Min or Fuzhou Hua) and Minbei (Northern Min).

As anywhere in China, Mandarin is the lingua franca, very widely spoken. English is not widespread, but some people speak it well.

Travel to Northern Coast (Fujian)

The main cities are all on the High-speed rail in China|fast train line connecting Fuzhou and Shanghai, and all of them have stations but not all trains stop at all stations.

There is also a good modern highway connecting all these cities, plus smaller highways running inland to various other towns.

Get Around

Shacheng - P1220384 - A ferryboat takes passengers across Shacheng Harbor in Fujian's NE corner

Except for the Min River valley, where Fuzhou and Mawei are located, most of the terrain here is quite hilly. There are roads through most of it, and some — like the main Shenzhen -Shanghai highway which passes through the region near the coast or the links from Fuzhou to major nearby places like Mawei, Changle and Fuqing — are modern multi-lane divided highways. Out in the nationside, though and there are lots of lesser roads and some villages in the hills have only a dirt road leading in.

Fairly frequent local bus service connects most towns (镇) with neighboring towns and the county seat. Ferries operate across some river estuaries. For example and there is passenger ferry service from Long'an 龙安 (the port for Dianxia Town 店下镇, connected by bus service to Fuding and Taimushan) to Shacheng Town （傻城镇） and the port town on the border with Zhejiang, from which one can travel north into Zhejiang (the Yuliao 渔寮 resort area and beyond, toward Cangnan and Wenzhou) along the winding coastal road (bus service available).

Halal Restaurants in Northern Coast (Fujian)

To be updated

Stay Safe

No Islamophobic Incidents have been reported

Travel Next

The easiest way to leave this region is via the High-speed rail in China|high-speed rail line running through the area roughly parallel to the coast. Going north this takes you into Zhejiang province, with Wenzhou just across the border and Ningbo, Hangzhou and Shanghai further on. Going south, it goes to other Fujian cities — Putian, Quanzhou, Xiamen ... — and then into Guangdong province, to Shantou and Shenzhen.

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