Thursday, October 16, 2008

Wannian County

Wannian is a under the jurisdiction of Shangrao City in Jiangxi, China.

Its total area is 1140.76 square kilometers. Its 2003 population was 361,000.

Under Wannian County are 6 s and 9 s.

The county seat and largest population center is Chényíng Town . The second largest population center and former county seat is Qīngyún Town .

In addition to farming, pearl and concrete production are economically important. There is limited mining.

The local dialect, Wannianese, is a dialect of the Gan Chinese language.

Wannian is the location of the Xianren Cave , where historically important finds have been made of ancient pottery shards and rice grains.

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