Lechang (; historically Lokchong) is a
county-level city
A county-level city () is a County-level divisions of China, county-level administrative division of the China, People's Republic of China. County-level cities have judiciary, judicial but no legislature, legislative rights over their own local or ...
in the northern
Guangdong
) means "wide" or "vast", and has been associated with the region since the creation of Guang Prefecture in AD 226. The name "''Guang''" ultimately came from Guangxin ( zh, labels=no, first=t, t= , s=广信), an outpost established in Han dynasty ...
province, People's Republic of China, bordering
Hunan
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province to the north. It is under the administration of
Shaoguan prefecture-level city
A prefecture-level city () or prefectural city is an administrative division of the China, People's Republic of China (PRC), ranking below a province of China, province and above a Counties of the People's Republic of China, county in China's ...
.
History
In the year 508, south cantilever beam of Qujiang County, the county set 598 years (Sui Kai Huang eighteen years) renamed Lechang County, Guangdong Province, to submit "on the Lechang County, county to city to consult on August 30, 1993" 1994 official county to city. It is a historic city.
In 2014, Lechang municipal bodies of nine people including members of Lechang party secretary Li, Mo Janus Lechang COMMITTEE Discipline Committee is being investigated for accepting red envelopes.
Administrative division
*
Lecheng Subdistrict (Lechang's main urban area)
*
Pingshi Town
* Meihua Town
* Changlai Town
* Shaping Town
* Qingyun Town
* (the list is incomplete)
Climate
References
County-level cities in Guangdong
Shaoguan
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