Shaxian
Shaxian District, formerly Sha County, is a District of Sanming, Fujian Province, People's Republic of China. Shaxian District is the hometown of Shaxian delicacies, which are considered part of the food heritage of China.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: City with 270,000 residents
- Description: district in Sanming, Fujian, China
- Also known as: “Sha”, “Sha County”, “Sha Hsien”, “Sha Xian”, “Shaxian District”, “Shaxian, Sanming”, and “沙”
Shaxian
- Categories: district of China and locality
- Location: Sanming, Inland Fujian, Fujian, East China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
26.3997° or 26° 23′ 59″ northLongitude
117.7878° or 117° 47′ 16″ eastPopulation
270,000Elevation
267 metres (876 feet)IATA airport code
SQJOpen location code
7PRV9QXQ+V4OpenStreetMap ID
node 244081614OpenStreetMap feature
place=city
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Yue Chinese—“Shaxian” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Shaxian barrutia”
- Chinese: “Shā Xiàn”
- Chinese: “Soa-koān”
- Chinese: “沙县”
- Chinese: “沙县区”
- Chinese: “沙縣”
- Chinese: “沙縣區”
- Chinese: “沙阳” (historical)
- Danish: “Shaxian”
- Dutch: “Sha”
- French: “Comte de Sha”
- French: “Comté De Sha”
- French: “Shaxian”
- French: “Xian de Sha”
- Gan Chinese: “沙县区”
- German: “Sha”
- German: “Shaxian District”
- German: “Shaxian”
- Hakka Chinese: “Sâ-yen”
- Italian: “Contea di Sha”
- Italian: “Shaxian”
- Japanese: “沙県”
- Japanese: “沙県区”
- Korean: “사 현”
- Korean: “사셴구”
- Korean: “사현”
- Min Dong Chinese: “Să-gâing”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Soa-koān”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Sha”
- Norwegian: “Sha”
- Norwegian: “Shaxian”
- Persian: “شا کانتی”
- Russian: “Шасянь”
- Spanish: “Distrito de Shaxian”
- Spanish: “Shaxian”
- Swedish: “Shaxian”
- Vietnamese: “Sa Huyện”
- Vietnamese: “Shaxian”
- Wu Chinese: “沙县区”
- Yue Chinese: “沙縣區”
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