YUNG-AN

Pinyin Yong'an, town in central Fukien sheng (province), China. Situated on the Sha River, a southern tributary of the Min River, which provides the main southwest-to-northeast route through central Fukien, Yung-an is a natural route centre on the railway line from Kiangsi province via Nan-p'ing to Amoy (Hsia-men). From Yung-an a network of highways radiates to Ch'an-chou on the coast north of Amoy, to Lung-yen in southern Fukien, and southwestward through the mountains to eastern Kwangtung province. Yung-an is the chief collection and distribution centre for a wide area, shipping large quantities of foodstuffs, timber, and forest products to Amoy and to the north. Yung-an's prosperity has grown since the railway was opened in 1956; but it has been overshadowed by the emergence of San-ming, 25 miles (40 km) to the northeast, as an industrial city. Yung-an itself has developed minor engineering, chemical, and timber-working industries. Pop. (1990) 111,762.