Lufeng, alternately

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as Lukfung in Cantonese, is a

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in the southeast of

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, administered as a part of the

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Shanwei Shanwei ( zh, c= ), or Swabue, or also commonly known as Hailufeng ( zh, c= , portmanteau of Haifeng and Lufeng) is a prefecture-level city in eastern Guangdong province, People's Republic of China. It borders Jieyang to the east, Meizhou and ...

. It lies on the mainland on coast of the

South China Sea The South China Sea is a marginal sea of the Western Pacific Ocean. It is bounded in the north by South China, in the west by the Indochinese Peninsula, in the east by the islands of Taiwan island, Taiwan and northwestern Philippines (mainly Luz ...

east of

Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...

History

Under the

Qing The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing, was a Manchu-led Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China and an early modern empire in East Asia. The last imperial dynasty in Chinese history, the Qing dynasty was preceded by the ...

, the area was known as . Together with neighboring Haifeng and the now separated Luhe county now carved out from Lufeng, it formed the short-lived

Hailufeng Soviet The Hailufeng Soviet ( zh, 海陆丰苏维埃, ''i.e.'' HaiengLufeng Soviet) was the first Chinese Soviet territory, established in November 1927, by Peng Pai with Ye Ting's remnant troops from the Nanchang Uprising. After the Little Long March ...

in 1927. It was later promoted to

status. The area rose to prominence in the early 21st century as a scene of unrest. Jieshi saw serious inter-village violence over road use in October 2009 and March 2010 and, in September 2011, a series of protests or riots occurred in Wukan Village over allegations of Communist Party members unfairly selling farmers' land for development. Fresh protests broke out in December, when one of the village leaders died in the

police custody Police custody may refer to: * Arrest An arrest is the act of apprehending and taking a person into custody (legal protection or control), usually because the person has been suspected of or observed committing a crime. After being taken in ...

. The police blocked the roads leading to the village.

Administration

As of 2005 year's end, the city comprises three urban subdistricts and 17

towns A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...

. These are organised into 47 neighbourhood committees and 280

village committees A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban village ...

. The city's executive, legislature and

judiciary The judiciary (also known as the judicial system, judicature, judicial branch, judiciative branch, and court or judiciary system) is the system of courts that adjudicates legal disputes/disagreements and interprets, defends, and applies the law ...

are located in the Donghai Subdistrict (), together with the CPC subbranch and PSB suboffice. Wukan Village, site of the Wukan protests, is also located in the Donghai subdistrict.

Urban subdistricts

* Donghai () * Chengdong () * Hexi ()

Towns

* Jieshi (碣石) *Qiaochong () *Bomei () *Jiazi (Kapchi; Chiatzu) () *Jiadong () * Jiaxi () *Hudong () *Beiyang () *Nantang () *Bawan () *Tanxi () *Da'an () *Jinxiang () *Neihu () *Xinan () *Shangying () *Hedong ()

Demography

Lufeng has a population of 1.7 million,"Beijing: zero tolerance against illegal land-grabs
Asia News. 26 September 2011. mostly Han Chinese. More specifically, a considerable percentage of the population belong to the Minnan sub group; the rest are Teochews,

Hakka The Hakka (), sometimes also referred to as Hakka-speaking Chinese, or Hakka Chinese, or Hakkas, are a southern Han Chinese subgroup whose principal settlements and ancestral homes are dispersed widely across the provinces of southern China ...

and Ming Dynasty Jianghuai military speakers. Therefore, dialects of both

Min Nan Southern Min (), Minnan ( Mandarin pronunciation: ) or Banlam (), is a group of linguistically similar and historically related Chinese languages that form a branch of Min Chinese spoken in Fujian (especially the Minnan region), most of Taiwan ...

, Teochew and

are spoken, in addition to

Mandarin Mandarin or The Mandarin may refer to: Language * Mandarin Chinese, branch of Chinese originally spoken in northern parts of the country ** Standard Chinese or Modern Standard Mandarin, the official language of China ** Taiwanese Mandarin, Stand ...

, which is used in official and public life. The

Hailufeng dialect Haklau, or Hai Lok Hong, is a variety of Southern Min spoken in Shanwei, Guangdong province, China. While it is related to Teochew and Hokkien, its exact classification in relation to them is disputed. Etymology The word ''Haklau'' ( ''Ha ...

, however, only refers to the Hokkien variant.

Climate

Transportation

Lufeng railway station on the Xiamen–Shenzhen railway serves the city, though it is located some distance outside the city. Lufeng East and Lufeng South, both on the

Shantou–Shanwei high-speed railway The Shantou–Shanwei high-speed railway is a high-speed railway currently under construction in China. The railway runs from Shantou railway station to Shanwei railway station. It serves as a faster parallel corridor to the existing mixed passe ...

, will serve the city in the future.

Notable people

Wong Yuk-man Raymond Wong Yuk-man (; born 1 October 1951) is a Hong Kong author, current affairs commentator and radio host. He is a former member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (LegCo), representing the geographical constituency of Kowloon West. ...

, Hong Kong politician *

Charles Heung Charles Heung Wah-keung ( zh, c=向華強) is a Hong Kong actor-turned-film producer and presenter. As founder of Win's Entertainment in the 1980s and China Star Entertainment Group in the 1990s, he has helped establish the careers of variou ...

, actor-turned-film producer and presenter * Ada Zhuang, C-pop artist *

Liu Shan Bang Liu Shan Bang () (1800 – February 24, 1857) was a Chinese gold miner in Bau, Sarawak. He was best known as the leader of the 1857 Chinese Uprising against the White Rajah James Brooke. History A Hakka born in Lufeng, Guangdong of the Qing d ...

, leader of the 1857 Chinese uprising against James Brooke.

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Bibliography

* , reprinted 2000. {{authority control County-level cities in Guangdong Shanwei