Taining County is a county in the northwest of Fujian province, People's Republic of China. It is the northernmost county-level division of the prefecture-level city of Sanming. Area: 1535 km2. Population: 130,000. Postal Code: 354400. The county government is located in Shancheng town. The local dialect is a dialect of Gan Chinese, although surrounding areas speak Min Chinese.

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Culture

Due to the presence of the Wuyi Mountains, Taining County includes a number of notable parks of various types. One of them, located in the central part of the range, after having been made a World Heritage Site, and qualifying as a UNESCO National Geopark, was certified in 2004 as a UNESCO Global Geopark in the Asia Pacific regional network.