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China Guide > Guangdong>Shanwei Municipality; [广东省汕尾市] [Pinyin:Guǎng Dōng Shěng Shàn Wěi Shì]

Shanwei Municipality, A prefecture-level city under Guangdong Province , In Chinese [汕尾市]

Facts & Informations :

Administrative Division Code : 441500;
Post Code : 516601;
Phone Area Code :0660
The Prefix of Motor Vehicle License Plate : 粤N
The Prefix of Citizen Identity Card Number: 441500
Area Coverage: 4838 square kilometers;
Population : 3,410,000 persons (Including the subordinate cities and counties);
The Seat : Chengqu District
Shanwei in Pictures
The adminitrative division form of Shanwei is Municipality, which is one of the four administrative divisional forms at the the second level of China local administrative division system .
Municipality is also referred to as a prefecture level city (地级市). Most of Chinese big cities belong to this variety.
A prefecture-level municipality is subject to the juridiction of a provincial government ,and directly controls some urban districts while overseeing some counties or smaller cities on behalf of the provincial government.
Thus it's normal to see a large City (a Municipality) have jurisdiction over some small cities in China.
Urban Subdivisions of Shanwei City
S/NFull NameIn Chinese In PinyinDivison type
1Chengqu District城区Chengqu
Subdivisions Under the jurisdication of Shanwei Municipality
The components of greater Shanwei Municipality
S/NFull NameIn Chinese In PinyinDivison type
1Lufeng City陆丰市Lufeng ShiCity
2Luhe County陆河县Luhe XianCounty
3Haifeng County海丰县Haifeng XianCounty
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Overview


Shanwei used to be named as “Shanmei” and it is so named as “shan” refers to the higher place of the beach while this place is famous for its beautiful seashore scenery. Later, as “mei” and “wei” has partial tone, it was renamed as “Shanwei”.


With an area of 5,271 square meters, and a coastal line of 302 kilometers, it has altogether 11 trading ports, distributing from east to west as the following: Jiazi, Heshi, Wukan, Zheliang, Shanwei, Houmen and so on. It has a population of 2,130,000, including 300,000 people from 21 minority, mainly of She mino.....
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