:''Xingning is also the era name for
Emperor Ai of the Jin dynasty.''
Xingning (
postal: Hingning; , Hakka: Hinnên) is a
county-level city
A county-level municipality (), county-level city or county city, formerly known as prefecture-controlled city (1949–1970: ; 1970–1983: ), is a county-level administrative division of the People's Republic of China. County-level ...
, under the jurisdiction of
Meizhou City, Guangdong Province, China. The second largest city in east Guangdong, Xingning has an area of and a population of 1.13 million.
Names
Xingning was formerly known as Qichang ().
History
Xingning county was established in 331CE, later becoming the capital of the 10th-century
Southern Han Dynasty.
From its previous long-established status a county, in 1991 Xingning was upgraded to a county-level city within the municipal jurisdiction of Meizhou.
Location
Xingning is located in the north eastern part of Guangdong province and borders the counties of
Pingyuan,
Meixian,
Fengshun
Fengshun ( postal: Fungshun or Pungshan; ) is a county in Meizhou City, in the east of Guangdong Province, southern China.
Ethno-linguistic make-up
Fengshun is noted for its large Hakka population.
Administrative divisions
Fengshun County's ex ...
and
Wuhua in Meizhou City;
Longchuan in
Heiyuan City and
Xunwu in
Ganzhou City,
Jiangxi Province
Jiangxi (; ; formerly romanized as Kiangsi or Chianghsi) is a landlocked province in the east of the People's Republic of China. Its major cities include Nanchang and Jiujiang. Spanning from the banks of the Yangtze river in the north into h ...
.
Ethno-linguistic make-up
XingNing is noted for its large
Hakka
The Hakka (), sometimes also referred to as Hakka Han, or Hakka Chinese, or Hakkas are a Han Chinese subgroup whose ancestral homes are chiefly in the Hakka-speaking provincial areas of Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangxi, Guangxi, Sichuan, Hunan, Zhej ...
population.
Administrative districts
The city governs three
subdistricts and 17
towns
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 or ...
:
Subdistricts
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Fuxing (福兴街道)
*
Ningxin (宁新街道)
*
Xingtian
Xingtian (, also Hsing T'ien) is a Chinese deity who fights against the Supreme Divinity, not giving up even after the event of his decapitation. Losing the fight for supremacy, he was beheaded and his head buried in Changyang Mountain. Neverthele ...
(兴田街道)
Towns
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Daping (大坪镇)
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Diaofeng (刁坊镇)
*
Luofu (罗浮镇)
*
Luogang (罗岗镇)
*
Heshui
Heshui County () is a county of Gansu province, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Qingyang, and is the easternmost county-level division of the province. Its postal code is 745400, and its population in 1999 was ...
(合水镇)
*
Huangbei (黄陂镇)
*
Huanghuai
Huanghuai is a town under the jurisdiction of Xingning City :''Xingning is also the era name for Emperor Ai of the Jin dynasty.''
Xingning ( postal: Hingning; , Hakka: Hinnên) is a county-level city, under the jurisdiction of Meizhou City, ...
(黄槐镇)
*
Jingnan
Jingnan (), also known as Nanping (南平; alternatively written as Southern Ping) and Northern Chu () in historiography, was one of the Ten Kingdoms in south-central China created in 924, marking the beginning of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdo ...
(径南镇)
*
Longtian (龙田镇)
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Nibei (坭陂镇)
*
Ningzhong (宁中镇)
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Shima ()
*
Shuikou
Shuikou may refer to:
*Shuikou, Meizhou, a town in Xingning City, Meizhou, Guangdong Province, China
*Shuikou, Yanling, a town in Yanling County, Huzhou, Hunan Province, China
* Shuikou, Gutian, a town in Gutian County, Ningde, Fujian Province, C ...
(水口镇)
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Xinbei (新陂镇)
*
Xinwei (新圩镇)
*
Yetang (叶塘镇)
*
Yonghe (永和镇)
Transport
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Guangzhou–Meizhou–Shantou Railway The Guangzhou–Meizhou–Shantou railway () is a railway in Guangdong Province, China. The electrified railway, also known as the Guangmeishan railway, is named after the three primary cities along route Guangzhou, Meizhou and Shantou, and has a t ...
Culture
The majority of Xingning's residents are
Hakka people.
Tourist attractions
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Shenguang Hill
*
Xingning Academy
The Xingning Academy is an ancient structure in Xingning, China. Now part of Xingmin High School (), it was originally built during the Ming Dynasty (13681644).
External links
Article on the academy (Chinese)A photo
Xingning, Guangdong
Bui ...
*
Heshui Reservoir
Climate
See also
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List of township-level divisions of Guangdong
References
External links
Life in Xingning (家在兴宁)Xingning Government website
County-level cities in Guangdong
Meizhou
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