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Hepu County

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Prefecture-level city
  
Beihai

County seat
  
Lianzhou (廉州镇)

Time zone
  
China Standard (UTC+8)

Area code
  
0779

Township-level divisions
  
13 towns, 2 townships

Elevation
  
12 m (40 ft)

Area
  
2,380 km²

Province
  
Guangxi

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Country
  
People's Republic of China

Hepu (Chinese: 合浦; pinyin: Hépǔ), formerly romanized as Hopu or Hop'u, is a county under the administration of Beihai City in southeastern Guangxi, China. It borders Lianjiang (Guangdong) to the southeast, Bobai County to the northeast, the Gulf of Tonkin to the south, Qinzhou to the west, and Pubei County to the north. Then-Premier Li Peng called this place "the Southern Pearl County" (南珠之乡) in November 1992. The county was once known as Lianzhou (Postal: Limchow). It has an area of 2,380 km2 (920 sq mi) and a population of 930,914 as of 2003.

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Map of Hepu, Beihai, Guangxi, China

300,000 of the inhabitants are of Hakka descent.

History

  • 1949–1950: Hepu administered Beihai as a town
  • June 1965: administered by Qinzhou Region of Guangxi, prior
  • July 1, 1987: administered by Beihai City

    • Administrative divisions

    The county administers 13 towns and 2 townships:

    Towns:

  • Lianzhou (廉州镇), Dangjiang (党江镇), Xichang (西场镇), Shagang (沙岗镇), Wujia (乌家镇), Zhakou (闸口镇), Gongguan (公馆镇), Baisha (白沙镇), Shankou (山口镇), Shatian (沙田镇), Shiwan (石湾镇), Shikang (石康镇), Changle (常乐镇)

    • Townships:

  • Quzhang Township (曲樟乡), Xingdaohu Township (星岛湖乡)

    • Transportation

  • China National Highway 209

    • Famous people

  • Lao Yi

    • References

    Hepu County Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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