| Dabu | |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Settlement Type: | County |
| Pushpin Map: | China Guangdong |
| Pushpin Label: | Dabu |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the seat in Guangdong |
| Coordinates: | 24.348°N 116.695°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | People's Republic of China |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Guangdong |
| Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture-level city |
| Subdivision Name2: | Meizhou |
| Area Total Km2: | 2470 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Total: | 330,948 |
| Timezone: | China Standard |
| Utc Offset: | +8 |
| S: | 大埔县 |
| T: | 大埔縣 |
| P: | Dàbù Xiàn |
| H: | Thai-phû-yen |
| J: | Daai6 Bou3 Jyun6 |
| C2: | 大埔 |
| P2: | Dàbù |
| H2: | Thai-phû |
| J2: | Daai6 Bou3 |
| Order: | st |
Dabu County is a county in Meizhou City, in the east of Guangdong Province, China. A center of Hakka culture, it has a population of 375,000.
This is the ancestral hometown of 1st President of Guyana, Arthur Chung, even though the Indians are the majority of Guyana.[1]
70% of Singapore's 300,000-strong Hakka community are descended from emigrants from Dabu County, including the great-grandfather of Singapore's founding father and first Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew.[2]
Dabu is noted for its large Hakka population.
Dabu County has jurisdiction over the following towns:
The administrative center of the county was originally in the ancient town of Chayang before moving to Huliao.