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Heyuan Municipality, A prefecture-level city under Guangdong Province , In Chinese [河源市]

Facts & Informations :

Administrative Division Code : 441600;
Post Code : 517000;
Phone Area Code :0762
The Prefix of Motor Vehicle License Plate : 粤P
The Prefix of Citizen Identity Card Number: 441600
Area Coverage: 15478 square kilometers;
Population : 3,340,000 persons;
The Location of Local Government : Yuancheng District;
The Seat : Yuancheng District;
Go to the Official Website of the Government >>>>
Current Weather of Heyuan:
The adminitrative division form of Heyuan is Municipality, which is one of the four administrative divisional forms at the the second level of China local administrative division system .
Municipality is also referred to as a prefecture level city (地级市). Most of Chinese big cities belong to this variety.
A prefecture-level municipality is subject to the juridiction of a provincial government ,and directly controls some urban districts while overseeing some counties or smaller cities on behalf of the provincial government.
Thus it's normal to see a large City (a Municipality) have juridiction over some small cities in China.
Subdivisions Under the jurisdication of Heyuan Municipality
S/NFull NameIn Chinese In PinyinDivison type
1Yuancheng District源城区Yuancheng QuDistrict
2Dongyuan County东源县Dongyuan XianCounty
3Heping County和平县Heping XianCounty
4Lianping County连平县Lianping XianCounty
5Longchuan County龙川县Longchuan XianCounty
6Zijin County紫金县Zijin XianCounty
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Overview



Heyuan, one of the cities in Guangdong province, covers a large area of 15,800 square kilometers. It consists of the Yuan District and 5 counties: Dongyuan County, Zijin County, Longchuan County, Heping County and Lianping County.



There are a lot of scenic spots in Heyuan. In urban area, there are the highest fountain of Asia, Xinfengjiang National Forest Park, Dagui Mountain scenic area, and the biggest artificial lake, Wanlu Lake in south China; and there are also the newly developed Sujiawei and Jinghuayuan scenic spots; besides, Heyuan has a long history and people found some dinosaur egg, the dinosaur bone and Ammonoid fossils, etc. In Longchuan, there are the famous historical cultural city--Tuo city in Guangdong, Huo Mountain, and Shuikeng scenic area as well; Zijin is famous for the former residence of SunZhongshan -Sunwupai; there is also beautiful landscape in Neiguan of Lianping and Zhangxi Huanglong Rock in Dongyuan.



At the end of 2003, the city had a public security census register population of 3,341,300 which includes 470,000 overseas compatriots who are inhabited in the northeast Asia ,America, Canada, and Australia, etc and 280,000Hongkong, Macao, Taiwan compatriots and also 13,000 returned overseas Chinese.

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