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Shouning County (simplified Chinese: 寿宁县; traditional Chinese: 壽寧縣; pinyin: Shòuníng Xiàn; Foochow Romanized: Sêu-nìng-gâing) is a small county located in the northeast of Fujian province of People's Republic of China, bordering Zhejiang province to the northeast. It is under the jurisdiction of Ningde City, An Eastern Min dialect of Min Chinese (similar to the Fuzhou dialect) is spoken there.

There are a number of covered bridges located there, and of the 100 or so woven timber arch "lounge bridges" throughout China, Shouning County has 19. The county hosted the second international conference on Chinese covered bridges from September 20 to 23, 2007.

Beilu opera (also called Luantan), a variety of Min opera, is popular in Shouning County.

The county spans an area of 1,433 square kilometres (553 mi2), and has a population of about 177,960 as of 2020.

Shouning County was first established in 1455, under the reign of the Jingtai Emperor of the Ming dynasty.

Shouning County comprises eight towns and six townships. These are then divided into 205 administrative villages.

The county's eight towns are Aoyang [zh], Xietan [zh], Nanyang, Wuqu [zh], Xixi [zh], Pingxi [zh], Fengyang [zh], and Qingyuan [zh].

The county's six townships are Da'an Township [zh], Kengdi Township [zh], Zhuguanlong Township [zh], Qinyang Township [zh], Tuoxi Township [zh], and Xiadang Township.

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