Yongding County (Chinese: 永定县); is a county under the jurisdiction of Longyan prefecture-level city, in the southwest of Fujian Province, People's Republic of China. It is the home of many Hakka families. Yongding has a population of about 400,000, of which more than 99% are Hakka, the rest being Minnan people.
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