Pingyuan County, Guangdong Explained

Pingyuan
Other Name:Pingyun; Pingyün; Pingyüan
Settlement Type:County
Image Map1:Guangdong subdivisions - Meizhou.svg
Map Caption1:Meizhou in Guangdong
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 Km2:1381
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:China standard
Utc Offset:+8

Pingyuan County (postal: Pingyun;, Hakka: Phin-yen) is a county in the northeast of Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China. It is under the administration of Meizhou City.

Geography

Pingyuan County is located in the northeast of Guangdong province, on the border between Guangdong, Jiangxi and Fujian province. It was founded in the Ming Dynasty Jiajing in the 42nd year (year 1863). Because it is located between Wuping (in Fujian) and Anyuan County (in Jiangxi), it was named ‘Pingyuan’.

Pingyuan County is under the jurisdiction of Mei County which is known as the home of standard Hakka. The total area of Pingyuan is 1381 square kilometers. Now it has 12 towns with the population of 250 thousand.

Ethno-linguistic make-up

Pingyuan is noted for its large Hakka population.

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