Wannian ( ) is a county under the jurisdiction of Shangrao
City in
Jiangxi
, China
.
Its total area is 1140.76 square kilometers. Its 2003 population
was 361,000.
Under Wannian County are 6
town and 9
township.
The county seat and largest population center is Chényíng Town
(陈营镇). The second largest population center and former county seat
is Qīngyún Town (青云镇) (formerly Chéngguān Town (城关镇)).
In addition to farming,
pearl and
concrete production are economically important.
There is limited
mining.
The local dialect, Wannianese, is a dialect of the
Gan Chinese language.
Wannian is the location of the
Xianren
Cave (Fairy Cave), where historically important finds have been
made of ancient
pottery shards and
rice grains.
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