Longchuan County ( postal: Lungchun; , Hakka: ''Liùngchôn'') is a county of northeastern

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) ...

province, China, bordering

Jiangxi Jiangxi (; ; formerly romanized as Kiangsi or Chianghsi) is a landlocked province in the east of the People's Republic of China. Its major cities include Nanchang and Jiujiang. Spanning from the banks of the Yangtze river in the north int ...

to the north and on the upper reaches of the Dong and Han Rivers. It is under the administration of

Heyuan Héyuán (, Hakka:Fò-Ngiàn) is a prefecture-level city of Guangdong province in the People's Republic of China. As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,837,686 whom 1,051,993 lived in the built-up (''or metro'') area made of Yuancheng urban ...

City, and in 2004 had a population of 870,000 living in an area of . Bordering county-level divisions are Xingning and

Wuhua County Wuhua County (, Hakka: Ng-Fa) is a county under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Meizhou in the east of Guangdong Province, China. Ethno-linguistic make-up Wuhua is noted for its large Hakka population. Administrative divisions ...

to the east,

Heping County 　　 Heping ( postal: Hoping; , Hakka:Fò-phìn) is a county of northeastern Guangdong Province, China, bordering Jiangxi to the north. It is under the administration of Heyuan City. At the 2010 census, its population was around 300,000, with the ...

and

Dongyuan County Dongyuan County () is a county in Heyuan, 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 ...

to the south and west, and in Jiangxi, Dingnan County and

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to the north.

Administrative divisions

Longchuan administers 24 towns: *

Laolong Laolong Town () is a settlement located in the northwestern part of Longchuan County, in northwestern Guangdong Province in China. Around 120,000 people live in Laolong town,Sidu () *

Huangshi Huangshi (), Postal Map Romanization, alternatively romanized as Hwangshih, is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Hubei province, People's Republic of China. Its population was 2,469,079 inhabitants at the 2020 census; 1,567,108 of whom liv ...

() * Xi'ao () * Chetian () * Beiling () * Liju () * Shanping () * Fengren () * Chiguang () *

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() * Huilong () * Tianxin () * Tiechang () * Dengyun () * Tongqu () * Heshi () * Huangbu () * Zishi () * Tuocheng () * Yanzhen () * Xintian () *

Yidu Yidu () is a county-level city in western Hubei Province, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Yichang. It has a population of 395,000 residents, and covers an area of , divided into 1 subdistrict, 8 towns, and 1 t ...

() * Mabugang ()

Transport

Longchuan has a developed highway and railway network. Major roads include the

China National Highway 205 China National Highway 205 (G205) runs from Shanhaiguan, Hebei Province to Shenzhen, Guangdong. It is 3,160 kilometres in length and runs south from Shanhaiguan towards Tianjin, Hebei, Shandong, Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Fujian, and ends in Gua ...

(G205) and Guangdong Provincial Highway 120 (S120). The Beijing–Kowloon, Guangzhou–Meizhou–Shantou and

Zhangping–Longchuan Railway The Zhangping–Longchuan railway (), also known as the Zhanglong railway, is a railway linking Zhangping, Fujian Province, and Longchuan County, Guangdong, in southeastern China. The line has a total length of and combines separately construc ...

s intersect in Longchuan, making it an important railway hub for the Lingnan region.

Sights

File:Longchuan Tuocheng Chengqiang 2015.11.12 08-16-32.jpg, Longchuan City Wall File:Longchuan Xuegong 2015.11.12 08-05-21.jpg, Longchuan Confucian Temple File:Longchuan Tuocheng Yingjuyuan 2015.11.12 07-59-53.jpg, Tuocheng Theater File:Longchuan Zhengxiang Ta 2015.11.12 10-22-44.jpg, Zhengxiang Pagoda

Climate

References

County-level divisions of Guangdong Heyuan {{Guangdong-geo-stub

Administrative divisions

Transport

Sights

Climate

See also

References