Jiangbei () is an area in the
prefecture-level city
A prefecture-level city () or prefectural city is an administrative division of the People's Republic of China (PRC), ranking below a province and above a county in China's administrative structure.
During the Republican era, many of China' ...
of
Meizhou
Meizhou (, Hakka Chinese: Mòichû) is a prefecture-level city in eastern Guangdong province, China. It has an area of , and a population of 3,873,239 million as of the 2020 census. It comprises Meijiang District, Meixian District, Xingning City ...
,
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) ...
. It is situated on the left bank of the
Mei River
The Mei River ( Chinese: 梅 江; Pinyin: Méi Jiāng) is a river in Meizhou City in the eastern part of the Guangdong
Guangdong (, ), alternatively romanized as Canton or Kwangtung, is a coastal province in South China on the north sho ...
(梅江).
Jiangbei and
Jiangnan
Jiangnan or Jiang Nan (; formerly romanized Kiang-nan, literally "South of the River" meaning "South of the Yangtze") is a geographic area in China referring to lands immediately to the south of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, incl ...
, on the right bank, were long the urban core of
Meixian District
Meixian (, Hakka: Moiyen), formerly Meihsien, is a district (China), district of Meizhou, Meizhou City, in northeastern Guangdong, Guangdong Province, China. The county is an important Hakka settlement and is the ancestral home of many Hakka de ...
. Both areas were carved from the county according to the new systems of territorial administration
after 1949.
The two areas are joined by many road and foot bridges. The syllable Jiang () in their names refers to the
Mei River
The Mei River ( Chinese: 梅 江; Pinyin: Méi Jiāng) is a river in Meizhou City in the eastern part of the Guangdong
Guangdong (, ), alternatively romanized as Canton or Kwangtung, is a coastal province in South China on the north sho ...
(Méi Jiāng in
Pinyin
Hanyu Pinyin (), often shortened to just pinyin, is the official romanization system for Standard Mandarin Chinese in China, and to some extent, in Singapore and Malaysia. It is often used to teach Mandarin, normally written in Chinese for ...
), which forms a great
ox-bow here.
References
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Geography of Guangdong
Meizhou