Pingtan County is a county comprising several islands in the Taiwan Strait

Taiwan Strait

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, under the administration of Fuzhou

Fuzhou

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, the capital of Fujian

Fujian

' , formerly romanised as Fukien or Huguing or Foukien, is a province on the southeast coast of mainland China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, and Guangdong to the south. Taiwan lies to the east, across the Taiwan Strait...

 province, People's Republic of China. The main island is Haitan Island (海坛岛; Hāi-tàng Dō).

Administration

The county executive, legislature and judiciary

Basic people's court

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 is in Tancheng Town (潭城镇), colloquially called Pingtan, together with the CPC

Communist Party of China

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 and PSB

Public Security Bureau

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 branches. The county administers 7 towns and 8 townships, accounting for 200 neighbourhood and village committees.

Towns

• Tancheng (潭城镇) Tàng-siàng Déng
• Su'ao (苏澳镇) Sŭ-ó̤Déng
• Liushui (流水镇)  Làu-cuōi Déng
• Aoqian (澳前镇) Ó̤-sèng Déng
• Beicuo (北厝镇) Báe̤k-chió Déng
• Pingyuan (平原镇) Bìng-nguòng Déng
• Aodong (敖东镇) Ngò̤-dĕ̤ng Déng

Townships

• Baiqing 白青乡 Băh-chăng Hiŏng
• Yutou 屿头乡 Sê̤ṳ-tàu Hiŏng
• Dalian 大练乡 Duâi-liêng Hiŏng
• Luyang 芦洋乡 Lù-iòng Hiŏng
• Zhonglou 中楼乡 Dṳ̆ng-làu Hiŏng
• Dongxiang 东庠乡 Dĕ̤ng-siòng Hiŏng
• Gangcheng 岚城乡 Làng-siàng Hiŏng
• Nanhai 南海乡 Nàng-hāi Hiŏng