Fengshun (
postal: Fungshun or Pungshan; ) is a
county
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in
Meizhou
Meizhou ( zh, t=梅州, Hakka Chinese: Mòichû) is a prefecture-level city in eastern Guangdong province, China. It has an area of , and a population of 3,873,239 as of the 2020 census. It comprises Meijiang District, Meixian District, Xing ...
City, in the east of Guangdong Province, southern China.
History
Fengshun County was established in the third year of Qianlong reign of the Qing Dynasty (1738). It was placed under the jurisdiction of Chaozhou Prefecture at that time. From 1988, it is placed under the jurisdiction of Meizhou City.
Ethno-linguistic make-up
Fengshun is noted for its large
Hakka
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population.
Administrative divisions
Fengshun County's executive, legislature and
judiciary
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are based in
Tangkeng (), along with its
CPC and
PSB branches. The county is responsible for the administration of 16
town
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The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...
s and one
Township Enterprise.
;Towns
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Baxiangshan ()
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Beidou
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()
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Dalonghua ()
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Fengliang ()
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Huangjin ()
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Jianqiao ()
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Liuhuang ()
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Longgang ()
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Pantian ()
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Puzhai ()
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Shatian ()
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Tanjiang ()
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Tangkeng ()
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Tangnan ()
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Tangxi ()
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Xiaosheng
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()
;Township enterprise
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Puzhai Farm ()
Transport
The area is served by
Fengshun railway station on the
Guangzhou–Meizhou–Shantou railway
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and
Fengshun East railway station on the
Meizhou–Chaoshan high-speed railway.
Climate
Notable Figures
* Joseph Ting sun pao( 丁新豹 )： hong kong historian, also a honourable professor of Hong Kong university.
References
External links
Fengshun government website (丰顺镇人民政府)
1927 in China
County-level divisions of Guangdong
Meizhou
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