Licheng
Licheng is a district of Quanzhou, Fujian province, People's Republic of China with 428,361 inhabitants.- Type: City with 428,000 residents
- Description: district of China
- Also known as: “Licheng District”, “Licheng, Quanzhou”, and “鲤城”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kaiyuan Temple and Qingjing Mosque.
Kaiyuan Temple
Buddhist temple
Photo: Tyg728, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kaiyuan Temple is a Buddhist temple located in West Street, Quanzhou, China, and is considered as the largest Buddhist temple in Fujian province with an area of 78,000 square metres.
Qingjing Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Zhangzhugang, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Qingjing Mosque, also known as the Ashab Mosque or Shengyousi Mosque, is a mosque located on Tumen Street, in the city of Quanzhou, Fujian, China. Qingjing Mosque is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Maritime Museum
Museum
Photo: Siyuwj, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Quanzhou Maritime Museum in the Fengze District of Quanzhou, Fujian, is the only museum in China specialising in overseas relations. Established in 1959, through its comprehensive and valuable display of historical relics relating to overseas transportation, the museum reflects the development history of the major Eastern port of the Middle Ages—Citong or Zaytun.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Beifeng.
Beifeng
Suburb
Beifeng Subdistrict is a township-level division of the Fengze district situated in Quanzhou, Fujian, China.
Licheng
- Categories: district of China and locality
- Location: Quanzhou, South Fujian, Fujian, East China, China, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
24.9106° or 24° 54′ 38″ northLongitude
118.5822° or 118° 34′ 56″ eastPopulation
428,000Open location code
7PPWWH6J+6VOpenStreetMap ID
node 244085122OpenStreetMap feature
place=cityWikidata ID
Q1110036
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Licheng” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “منطقة ليشنغ”
- Basque: “Licheng barrutia, Quanzhou”
- Basque: “Licheng barrutia”
- Chinese: “Lí-siâⁿ-khu”
- Chinese: “Lǐchéng Qū”
- Chinese: “鯉城”
- Chinese: “鲤城区”
- Dutch: “Licheng”
- French: “district de Licheng”
- French: “District de Licheng”
- French: “Licheng”
- Gan Chinese: “鲤城区”
- German: “Licheng”
- Hakka Chinese: “Lí-sàng-khî”
- Italian: “Distretto di Licheng”
- Japanese: “鯉城区”
- Korean: “리청 구”
- Korean: “리청구”
- Min Dong Chinese: “Lī-siàng”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Lí-siâⁿ-khu”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Licheng”
- Norwegian: “Licheng”
- Persian: “بخش لیچنگ، کوانتژو”
- Russian: “Личэн”
- Spanish: “Licheng”
- Swedish: “Licheng, Quanzhou”
- Swedish: “Licheng”
- Vietnamese: “Lý Thành, Tuyền Châu”
- Vietnamese: “Lý Thành”
- Welsh: “Ardal Licheng”
- Wu Chinese: “鲤城区”
- Yue Chinese: “鯉城”
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