Shaxian

Shaxian District, formerly Sha County, is a district of , , . Shaxian District is the hometown of Shaxian delicacies, which are considered part of the food heritage of China.
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  • City with 270,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 267 metres (876 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code SQJ
  • Description: district in Sanming, Fujian, China
  • Also known as
    “Sha Hsien”
    “Shaxian District”
    “Shaxian, Sanming”

Shaxian

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Latitude
26.3997° or 26° 23′ 59″ north
Longitude
117.7878° or 117° 47′ 16″ east
Open location code
7PRV9QXQ+V4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 244081614
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1795756
Wiki­data ID
Q1198385

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Yue Chinese—“Shaxian” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Shaxian barrutia”
  • Chinese: “Shāxiàn Qū”
  • Chinese: “沙县”
  • Chinese: “沙县区”
  • 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”
  • 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: “Shaxian”
  • Swedish: “Shaxian”
  • Vietnamese: “Sa Huyện”
  • Vietnamese: “Shaxian”
  • Wu Chinese: “沙县区”
  • Yue Chinese: “沙縣”
  • Yue Chinese: “沙縣區”

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