Xingning, Guangdong

Xingning is also the era name for Emperor Ai of the Jin dynasty.

Xingning (postal: Hingning; Template:Zh, Hakka: Hinnên) is a county-level city, under the jurisdiction of Meizhou City, Guangdong Province, China. The second largest city in eastern Guangdong, Xingning has an area of Template:Convert and a population of 779,411 (2020).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Names

Xingning was formerly known as Qichang (Template:Zh).

History

Xingning county was established in 331Template:NbspCE, later becoming the capital of the 10th-century Southern Han 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 Heyuan City and Xunwu in Ganzhou City, Jiangxi Province.

Ethno-linguistic make-up

Xingning is noted for its large Hakka population.

Administrative districts

The city governs three subdistricts and 17 towns:<ref>Template:Cite webTemplate:NbspTemplate:In lang</ref>

Subdistricts

• Fuxing
• Ningxin
• Xingtian

Towns

• Daping
• Diaofeng
• Luofu
• Luogang
• Heshui
• Huangbei
• Huanghuai
• Jingnan
• Longtian
• Nibei
• Ningzhong
• Shima
• Shuikou
• Xinbei
• Xinwei
• Yetang
• Yonghe

Transport

• Guangzhou–Meizhou–Shantou railway
• Longyan–Longchuan high-speed railway

Culture

The majority of Xingning's residents are Hakka people.

Tourist attractions

• Shenguang Hill
• Xingning Academy
• Heshui Reservoir

See also

• List of township-level divisions of Guangdong

External links

• Life in Xingning (家在兴宁)Template:NbspTemplate:In lang
• Xingning Government websiteTemplate:NbspTemplate:In lang
• Satellite photo of Xingning from National Geographic