Fengkai County is a county in western Guangdong Province, China, under the administration of the

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-level

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of Zhaoqing. It was formed in 1961 from the merger of Fengchuan and , which were formerly

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as Fungchuan (Fungchun, Fungshun) and Hoikin respectively.

History

About 140,000 years ago, there were human beings settled in nowadays fengkai. Pearl River Yujitu

Feng Prefecture or Fengzhou was a

of the

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and Song empires. Under the

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, Fengchuan and Kaijian made up part of the commandery of Zhaoqing.

Administrative divisions

Climate

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* , reprinted 2000. Zhaoqing County-level divisions of Guangdong {{Guangdong-geo-stub