:''Xingning is also the era name for
Emperor Ai of the Jin dynasty.''
Xingning (
postal: Hingning; , Hakka: Hinnên) is a
county-level city
A county-level city () is a County-level divisions of China, county-level administrative division of the China, People's Republic of China. County-level cities have judiciary, judicial but no legislature, legislative rights over their own local or ...
, under the jurisdiction of
Meizhou City, Guangdong Province, China. The second largest city in eastern Guangdong, Xingning has an area of and a population of 779,411 (2020).
Names
Xingning was formerly known as Qichang ().
History
Xingning county was established in 331CE, later becoming the capital of the 10th-century
Southern Han
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Dynasty.
From its previous long-established status a county, in 1991 Xingning was upgraded to a county-level city within the municipal jurisdiction of Meizhou.
Location
Xingning is located in the north eastern part of Guangdong province and borders the counties of
Pingyuan,
Meixian,
Fengshun and
Wuhua in Meizhou City;
Longchuan in
Heiyuan City and
Xunwu in
Ganzhou City,
Jiangxi Province
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Ethno-linguistic make-up
Xingning is noted for its large
Hakka
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population.
Administrative districts
The city governs three
subdistricts and 17
towns
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Subdistricts
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Fuxing
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Ningxin
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Xingtian
Towns
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Daping
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Diaofeng
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Luofu
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Luogang
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Heshui
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Huangbei
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Huanghuai
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Jingnan
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Longtian
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Nibei
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Ningzhong
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Shima
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Shuikou
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Xinbei
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Xinwei
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Yetang
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Yonghe
Climate
Transport
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Guangzhou–Meizhou–Shantou railway
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Longyan–Longchuan high-speed railway
Culture
The majority of Xingning's residents are
Hakka people
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.
Tourist attractions
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Shenguang Hill
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Xingning Academy
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Heshui Reservoir
See also
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List of township-level divisions of Guangdong
This is a list of Towns of the People's Republic of China, township-level divisions of the province of Guangdong, People's Republic of China (PRC). After Administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China#Province level, province, Admin ...
References
External links
Life in Xingning (家在兴宁)Xingning Government website
County-level cities in Guangdong
Meizhou
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