Dìngnán

Dingnan lies among the wooded hills at the southern edge of Jiangxi, near the roads leading into Guangdong. Its county was created in 1569 under the Ming from parts of Xinfeng, Longnan and Anyuan. The first county seat was established at Liantang in Gaosha, and the new district came under Ganzhou Prefecture. Its name expressed the wish to bring stability to the southern border country, where scattered settlements lay among the ridges and valleys.