Nanping is a prefecture-level city in northwestern Fujian Province, People's Republic of China. It borders Ningde to the east, Sanming to the south, and the provinces of Zhejiang and Jiangxi to the north and west respectively. It is classified as a third-tier city.
Part of the Wuyi Mountains range lies within the prefecture. The city's population was 2,680,645 as of the 2020 census, of whom 795,448 lived in the built-up area made up of the Yanping and Jianyang urban districts. At the end of 2024 and the beginning of 2025, the permanent population was 2.623 million.