Nanping - Nanping

A prefecture-level city in central Fujian Province, China. Located along the midstream of the Min River, it governs two city districts, including Jianyang, and five counties, and acts as the governing agent for three county-level cities, including Wuyishan (as of 2016). It has a population of 3,192,000 (2014), including over 20,000 Sheo people. It developed as a key transportation point along the Min River valley, and was the prefecture of Yanping Prefecture during the Ming and Qing dynasties. It was incorporated as a city in 1957, and became a prefecture-level city in 1994. It developed after the construction of the Yingtan Line (Yingtan-Xiamen) and the Nanfu Line (now the Waifuku Line, Waiyang-Fuzhou). The Hefei-Fuzhou high-speed railway (Hefei-Fuzhou) was opened in 2015. In 1958, a paper mill using nearby wood as raw material was built, and the city has since become one of the country's leading producers of newsprint. Other industries include chemical industries producing ink, paint, fertilizer, agricultural machinery, steel, and cement. In addition to cedar lumber, major forest products include pine resin, bamboo shoots, and palm. The city has reserves of the rare metals tantalum and niobium, totaling 23.36 million tonnes, the largest in China and second in Asia (2015).

[Chieko Aoki, Michihiro Kono, and editorial staff, March 21, 2017]

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中国、福建(ふっけん)省中部の地級市。閩江(びんこう)中流に沿い建陽(けんよう)など2市轄区、5県を管轄し、武夷山(ぶいさん)など3県級市の管轄代行を行う（2016年時点）。人口319万2000（2014）、うち2万人超のショオ族（畬(よ)族）を含む。閩江の谷に沿う交通の要地として開け、明(みん)、清(しん)代には延平府の府治であった。1957年市制施行、1994年地級市となる。鷹厦(ようか)線（鷹潭(ようたん)―厦門(アモイ)）、南福線（現、外福線。外洋―福州(ふくしゅう)）が敷設されてから発展した。2015年には合福高速鉄道（合肥(ごうひ)―福州）も開通した。1958年に付近の木材を原料とする製紙工場が建設され、以後全国有数の新聞紙の産地となった。ほかにインキ、ペンキ、肥料などの化学工業、農機具、鉄鋼、セメントなどの工業が立地する。林産物はスギ材のほか、松脂(まつやに)、タケノコ、シュロが多い。レアメタルのタンタルおよびニオブの埋蔵は2336万トンで、国内1位、アジアでは2位である（2015）。

［青木千枝子・河野通博・編集部　2017年3月21日］

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