Datian County

Datianⓘ (simplified Chinese: 大田县; traditional Chinese: 大田縣; pinyin: Dàtián Xiàn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tāi-chhân-koān) is a county of central Fujian province, People's Republic of China.

Before the year 1535, this area belonged to four counties: Youxi, Dehua, Yong'an and Zhangping.

Datian County was set up and affiliated to Yanping Fu (延平府, modern Nanping) in 1535.

The county changed affiliate to Yongchun Zhou (永春州, modern Yongchun County) in 1734, then to Yong'an Division (永安专区, modern Sanming Prefecture) in 1949.

Towns:[1] Townships: The population of the district was 362,566 inhabitants in 1999.