Pingyuan County (
postal: Pingyun; , Hakka: Phin-yen) is a
county
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in the northeast of
Guangdong
) means "wide" or "vast", and has been associated with the region since the creation of Guang Prefecture in AD 226. The name "''Guang''" ultimately came from Guangxin ( zh, labels=no, first=t, t= , s=广信), an outpost established in Han dynasty ...
Province,
People's Republic of China
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. It is under the administration of
Meizhou City.
Geography
Pingyuan County is located in the northeast of Guangdong province, on the border between Guangdong, Jiangxi and Fujian province. It was founded in the Ming Dynasty Jiajing in the 42nd year (year 1863). Because it is located between
Wuping (in Fujian) and
Anyuan County (in Jiangxi), it was named ‘Pingyuan’.
Pingyuan County is under the jurisdiction of Mei County which is known as the home of standard Hakka. The total area of Pingyuan is 1381 square kilometers. Now it has 12 towns with a population of 250 thousand.
Climate
Ethno-linguistic make-up
Pingyuan is noted for its large
Hakka population.
References
External links
Pingyuan County Government's official website link
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County-level divisions of Guangdong
Meizhou