Fenggang () is a
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
under the jurisdiction of 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
Dongguan
Dongguan (; ) is a prefecture-level city in central Guangdong Province, China. An important industrial city in the Pearl River Delta, Dongguan borders the provincial capital of Guangzhou to the north, Huizhou to the northeast, Shenzhen to the ...
in
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.
Location
Fenggang is located southeast of Dongguan City and south of the towns of
Tangxia and
Qingxi. It borders
Huizhou
Huizhou ( zh, c= ) is a city in central-east Guangdong Province, China, forty-three miles north of Hong Kong. Huizhou borders the provincial capital of Guangzhou to the west, Shenzhen and Dongguan to the southwest, Shaoguan to the north, Heyu ...
Huiyang District
Huiyang District ( postal: Waiyeung; is a district of Huizhou, Guangdong province, People's Republic of China. It was renamed in 2003 amid the restructuring of districts and counties in Huizhou. Formerly named Huiyang city (county level), its si ...
to the east and
Shenzhen
Shenzhen (; ; ; ), also historically known as Sham Chun, is a major sub-provincial city and one of the special economic zones of China. The city is located on the east bank of the Pearl River estuary on the central coast of southern province ...
's
Longgang District to the south. The total area of 82.5 square kilometers. The resident population of 31897 people in 2005, there are 300,000 floating residents.
File:YingFongTower FengGang Town.jpg, Yingfong Tower, built 1929
File:Riverside farming FengGangTown DongGuan.jpg, Farmers working plots along the river in Fenggang
Local residents
Fenggang Town in 2004 has a resident population of eighteen thousand people. Hakka people make up three quarters of the total population, and the rest speak the Cantonese vernacular.
Economy
Underwear manufacturer
Cosmo Lady's head office is in Fengdeling Village (), Fenggang.
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Address in Traditional Chinese
!--page 65, PDF p. 71--> "中國主要營業地點及總部 中國廣東省東莞市鳳崗鎮鳳德嶺村獅石廈山塘尾"
References
External links
Fenggang government website
Geography of Dongguan
Towns in Guangdong
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