Fengshun County

Fengshun (postal: Fungshun or Pungshan; simplified Chinese: 丰顺县; traditional Chinese: 豐順縣; pinyin: Fēngshùn Xiàn) is a county in Meizhou City, in the east of Guangdong Province, southern China.

Fengshun

丰顺县

Fungshun
Location of Fengshun County in Meizhou City and Guangdong province
Fengshun
Location of the seat in Guangdong
Coordinates: 23.740°N 116.183°E / 23.740; 116.183
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceGuangdong
Prefecture-level cityMeizhou
Area
  Total2,710 km2 (1,050 sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Websitewww.fengshun.gov.cn

History

Qing & Republican China

The town of Tangkeng is the site of the September 30  October 1, 1927 Battle of Shantou during the Chinese Civil War, when 5000 communist-led troops from the Nanchang Uprising were nearly routed by 15,000 well-positioned and better-supplied Right-Kuomintang forces.

Ethno-linguistic make-up

Meizhou is noted for its large Hakka population, while Fengshun is in the southernmost of its counties bordering the Jieyang and Chaozhou municipalities. Fengshun comprises Teochew and Hakka.

Administrative divisions

Fengshun County's executive, legislature and judiciary are based in Tangkeng (汤坑镇), along with its CPC and PSB branches. The county is responsible for the administration of 16 towns and one Township Enterprise.[1]

Towns
Township enterprise

Transport

  • Guangzhou–Meizhou–Shantou Railway

Climate

References


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