Hepu (), alternately romanized as Hoppo, Hopu or Hop'u, is a
county
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under the administration of
Beihai
Beihai (; Postal romanization: Pakhoi) is a prefecture-level city in the south of Guangxi, People's Republic of China. Its status as a seaport on the north shore of the Gulf of Tonkin has granted it historical importance as a port of internat ...
City in southeastern
Guangxi
Guangxi (; ; alternately romanized as Kwanghsi; ; za, Gvangjsih, italics=yes), officially the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (GZAR), is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China, located in South China and bordering Vietnam ...
, China. It borders
Lianjiang (
Guangdong
Guangdong (, ), alternatively romanized as Canton or Kwangtung, is a coastal province in South China on the north shore of the South China Sea. The capital of the province is Guangzhou. With a population of 126.01 million (as of 2020 ...
) to the southeast,
Bobai County
Bobai (; Zhuang: ') is a county of Guangxi, China. It is under the administration of Yulin city.
Bobai was the home town of the linguist Wang Li, who described the Bobai dialect with its unusually large number of tones.
Transportation
The c ...
to the northeast, the
Gulf of Tonkin
The Gulf of Tonkin is a gulf at the northwestern portion of the South China Sea, located off the coasts of Tonkin (northern Vietnam) and South China. It has a total surface area of . It is defined in the west and northwest by the northern c ...
to the south,
Qinzhou
Qinzhou ( postal: Yamchow, , Jyutping: ''Jam1 zau1'' (Canton) /''Ham1 zau1'' ( Local) ) is a prefecture-level city in south-central Guangxi, southern China, lying on the Gulf of Tonkin and having a total population of 3,302,238 as of the 2020 c ...
to the west, and
Pubei County
Pubei County (; za, Bujbwz Yen) is a county in the south of Guangxi, China. It is under the administration of Qinzhou City.
Administration
Pubei's executive, legislature and judiciary
The judiciary (also known as the judicial system, judicatu ...
to the north. Then-Premier
Li Peng
Li Peng (; 20 October 1928 – 22 July 2019) was a Chinese politician who served as the fourth Premier of the People's Republic of China from 1987 to 1998, and as the Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, Ch ...
called this place "the Southern Pearl County" () in November 1992. The county was once known as Lianzhou (Postal: Limchow). It has an area of and a population of 930,914 .
History
In antiquity, Hepu county was originally part of a larger county which encompassed part of Guangxi, Guangdong and even parts of Hainan. It was established in 111 BCE by
Emperor Wu of the
Han dynasty
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, during the
first Chinese domination of Vietnam
The First Era of Northern Domination refers to the period of Vietnamese history during which present-day northern Vietnam was under the rule of the Han dynasty and the Xin dynasty. It is considered the first of four periods of Vietnam under Chine ...
. During the brief interruption of the Han dynasty by
Wang Mang
Wang Mang () (c. 45 – 6 October 23 CE), courtesy name Jujun (), was the founder and the only emperor of the short-lived Chinese Xin dynasty. He was originally an official and consort kin of the Han dynasty and later seized the th ...
, many of his opponents were exiled and banished to Hepu.
* 1949–1950: Hepu administered Beihai as a town
* June 1965: administered by
Qinzhou
Qinzhou ( postal: Yamchow, , Jyutping: ''Jam1 zau1'' (Canton) /''Ham1 zau1'' ( Local) ) is a prefecture-level city in south-central Guangxi, southern China, lying on the Gulf of Tonkin and having a total population of 3,302,238 as of the 2020 c ...
Region of Guangxi, prior
* July 1, 1987: administered by Beihai City
Administrative divisions
The county administers 13 towns and 2 townships:
Towns:
*
Lianzhou (廉州镇),
Dangjiang (党江镇),
Xichang
Xichang, formerly known as Jiandu, Jianchang and Ningyuan(fu), is a city in and the seat of the Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, in the south of Sichuan, China. In 2012 it had a population of 481,796.
History
The Qiongdu were the local peop ...
(西场镇),
Shagang (沙岗镇),
Wujia (乌家镇),
Zhakou (闸口镇),
Gongguan (公馆镇),
Baisha (白沙镇),
Shankou (山口镇),
Shatian (沙田镇),
Shiwan (石湾镇),
Shikang (石康镇),
Changle
(, Foochow Romanized: Diòng-lŏ̤h) is one of 6 urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Fuzhou, the capital of Fujian Province, China. It occupies a land area of and a sea area of . Changle was established in the sixth year of Em ...
(常乐镇)
Townships:
*
Quzhang Township (曲樟乡),
Xingdaohu Township (星岛湖乡)
Transportation
*
China National Highway 209
China National Highway 209 (G209) runs from Sonid Left Banner, Inner Mongolia to Beihai, Guangxi province. It is
3,435 kilometres in length and runs south from Huhhot towards Shanxi province, Henan province, Hubei province, Hunan province, and en ...
Famous people
*
Lao Yi
Lao Yi () (born October 10, 1985 in Hepu County, Beihai City, Guangxi) is a Chinese track and field athlete who specialises in sprinting. He made his international debut at the 2010 IAAF Continental Cup, where he finished sixth in the 100 metres ...
Climate
References
External links
Official site(in
Simplified Chinese
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Mathematics
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* Simplification of algebraic expressions ...
)
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Counties of Guangxi
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