Haifeng County
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Haifeng County ( postal: Hoifung; ) is a county under the administration of
Shanwei Shanwei (), or Swabue is a prefecture-level city in eastern Guangdong province, People's Republic of China. It borders Jieyang to the east, Meizhou and Heyuan to the north, Huizhou to the west, and looks out to the South China Sea to the south. I ...
, in the southeast of
Guangdong Guangdong (, ), alternatively romanized as Canton or Kwangtung, is a coastal province in South China on the north shore of the South China Sea. The capital of the province is Guangzhou. With a population of 126.01 million (as of 2020) ...
Province, China.


History

Hakka peasants from nearby villages of Chengxiang county (modern-day Meixian) immigrated to Haifeng, forming numerous Hakka rural settlements in the county.


Administrative divisions

Haifeng County currently comprises 16 administrative
town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...
. They are: * Meilong town (梅陇镇) * Xiaomo subdistrict * Houmen town (鲘门镇) * Lianan town (联安镇) * Yaohe town (陶河镇) * Chikeng town (赤坑镇) * Dahu town (大湖镇) * Ketang town (可塘镇) * Huangqiang town (黄羌镇) * Pingdong town (平东镇) * Haicheng town (海城镇) * Ebu subdistrict (鹅埠街道) * Chishi subdistrict (赤石街道) * Gongping town (公平镇) * Fucheng town (附城镇) * Chengdong town (城东镇)


Languages

Hoklo (Ho̍-lóh) and Hakka (Hak-kâ-fa) are used in the area.


Climate


References


External links

* County-level divisions of Guangdong Shanwei {{Guangdong-geo-stub