Pingtan County

Pingtan

平潭县 / 平潭縣
Pʻing-tʻan
Pingtan 平潭县 / 平潭縣 Pʻing-tʻan
County
	Downtown Pingtan
	Location of Pingtan in Fuzhou
	Pingtan Location of the seat in Fujian
	Coordinates (Pingtan government): 25°29′55″N 119°47′25″E / 25.49861°N 119.79028°E
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Fujian
Prefecture-level city	Fuzhou
Seat	Tancheng
Area
• Total	6,435 km2 (2,485 sq mi)
• Land	371.91 km2 (143.60 sq mi)
• Water	6,064 km2 (2,341 sq mi) 94.2%
Elevation	44 m (143 ft)
Population (2009)
• Total	400,000
• Density	1,078/km2 (2,790/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Area code	0591
Website	english.pingtan.gov.cn

Pingtan County (Chinese: 平潭县) is a county comprising 126 islands in the Taiwan Strait, it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Fuzhou, the capital of Fujian Province, China. Now it is also the subject of newly founded Pingtan Comprehensive Pilot Zone (平潭综合实验区). The main island is Haitan Island (海坛岛; Hāi-tàng Dō).

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