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{{Infobox settlement
|name = Hepu County
|native_name = {{nobold|{{lang|zh-hans|合浦县}}}}
|other_name = Hoppo; Limchow
|postal_code_type = [[Postal code of China|Postal code]]
|postal_code = 536100
|area_code = 0779
|settlement_type = [[Counties of the People's Republic of China|County]]
|image_skyline = 
|image_map = 
|map_caption =
|pushpin_map = China Guangxi
|pushpin_label = Hepu
|pushpin_map_caption = Location of the seat in Guangxi
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = China
|subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of the People's Republic of China|Province]]
|subdivision_name1 = [[Guangxi]]
|subdivision_type2 = [[Prefecture-level city]]
|subdivision_name2 = [[Beihai]]
|subdivision_type3 = 
|subdivision_name3 = 
|seat_type = County seat
|seat = [[Lianzhou, Guangxi|Lianzhou]]
|area_total_km2 = 2380
|population_total = 930914
|population_as_of = 2003
|population_density_km2 = auto
|coordinates = {{coord|21|40|N|109|12|E|type:adm3rd_region:CN-45|display=inline}}
|elevation_m = 12
|elevation_ft =40
|timezone = [[China Standard Time|China Standard]]
|utc_offset = +8
|website =
}}
'''Hepu''' ({{zh|s=合浦 |p=Hépǔ}}), alternately romanized as '''Hoppo''', '''Hopu''' or '''Hop'u''', is a [[County (People's Republic of China)|county]] under the administration of [[Beihai]] City in southeastern [[Guangxi]], China. It borders [[Lianjiang, Guangdong|Lianjiang]] ([[Guangdong]]) to the southeast, [[Bobai County]] to the northeast, the [[Gulf of Tonkin]] to the south, [[Qinzhou]] to the west, and [[Pubei County]] to the north. Then-Premier [[Li Peng]] called this place "the Southern Pearl County" ({{lang|zh-hans|南珠之乡}}) in November 1992. The county was once known as '''Lianzhou''' (Postal: '''Limchow'''). It has an area of {{convert|2380|km2|abbr=on}} and a population of 930,914 {{asof|2003|lc=y}}.

{{citation needed span|About 300,000 of the inhabitants are of [[Hakka descent]].|date=June 2018}}

== History ==
[[File:Txu-oclc-10552568-nf49-9.jpg|thumb|left|Hepu (labelled as HO-P'U (HOPPO) {{lang|zh-Hans-CN|合浦}}) (1954)]]
In antiquity, Hepu county was originally part of a larger county which encompassed part of Guangxi, Guangdong and even parts of Hainan. It was established in 111 BCE by [[Emperor Wu of Han|Emperor Wu]] of the [[Han dynasty]], during the [[first Chinese domination of Vietnam]]. During the brief interruption of the Han dynasty by [[Wang Mang]], many of his opponents were exiled and banished to Hepu.

* 1949&ndash;1950: Hepu administered Beihai as a town
* June 1965: administered by [[Qinzhou]] Region of Guangxi, prior
* July 1, 1987: administered by Beihai City

== Administrative divisions ==
The county administers 14 towns and 1 township:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stats.gov.cn/sj/tjbz/tjyqhdmhcxhfdm/2023/45/05/450521.html|script-title=zh:2023年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码：合浦县| publisher = [[National Bureau of Statistics of China]]| language = zh-hans| access-date =}}</ref>

Towns: [[Lianzhou, Guangxi|Lianzhou]] (廉州镇), [[Dangjiang]] (党江镇), [[Xichang, Guangxi|Xichang]] (西场镇), [[Shagang (town)|Shagang]] (沙岗镇), Wujia (乌家镇), [[Zhakou]] (闸口镇), [[Gongguan, Hepu County|Gongguan]] (公馆镇), [[Baisha, Hepu County|Baisha]] (白沙镇), [[Shankou, Guangxi|Shankou]] (山口镇), [[Shatian, Hepu County|Shatian]] (沙田镇), [[Shiwan, Guangxi|Shiwan]] (石湾镇), [[Shikang]] (石康镇), [[Changle, Hepu County|Changle]] (常乐镇), [[Xingdaohu]] (星岛湖镇)

Township: [[Quzhang Township]] (曲樟乡)

== Transportation ==
*[[China National Highway 209]]

==Famous people==
* [[Lao Yi]]<ref>{{cite AV media |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140523134416/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OapKDKGuG4 |archive-date = 2014-05-23| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OapKDKGuG4 |title = YouTube, a Google company |website=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

==Climate==

{{Weather box|width=auto
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|single line=y 
|collapsed = Y
|location = Hepu, elevation {{convert|6|m|ft|abbr=on}}, (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010)
|Jan high C = 	19.1
|Feb high C = 	20.8
|Mar high C = 	23.5
|Apr high C = 	27.8
|May high C = 	31.3
|Jun high C = 	32.3
|Jul high C = 	32.5
|Aug high C = 	32.5
|Sep high C = 	32.0
|Oct high C = 	29.9
|Nov high C = 	26.1
|Dec high C = 	21.4
|Jan mean C = 	14.9
|Feb mean C = 	16.7
|Mar mean C = 	19.6
|Apr mean C = 	24.0
|May mean C = 	27.4
|Jun mean C = 	28.9
|Jul mean C = 	29.0
|Aug mean C = 	28.7
|Sep mean C = 	27.7
|Oct mean C = 	25.2
|Nov mean C = 	21.2
|Dec mean C = 	16.8
|Jan low C = 	12.1
|Feb low C = 	14.0
|Mar low C = 	17.0
|Apr low C = 	21.4
|May low C = 	24.6
|Jun low C = 	26.4
|Jul low C = 	26.4
|Aug low C = 	26.0
|Sep low C = 	24.9
|Oct low C = 	22.0
|Nov low C = 	17.9
|Dec low C = 	13.5
|Jan record high C = 28.9 |Jan record low C = 2.0
|Feb record high C = 32.0 |Feb record low C = 2.2
|Mar record high C = 32.7 |Mar record low C = 3.4
|Apr record high C = 34.5 |Apr record low C = 9.5
|May record high C = 37.4 |May record low C = 15.1
|Jun record high C = 37.1 |Jun record low C = 19.8
|Jul record high C = 37.6 |Jul record low C = 22.2
|Aug record high C = 37.5 |Aug record low C = 21.1
|Sep record high C = 37.3 |Sep record low C = 15.9
|Oct record high C = 35.0 |Oct record low C = 11.5
|Nov record high C = 32.6 |Nov record low C = 6.3
|Dec record high C = 29.7 |Dec record low C = 1.5
|year high C=  |year low C= 
|year high F = |year low F =
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|Jan precipitation mm = 	42.3
|Feb precipitation mm = 	38.1
|Mar precipitation mm = 	54.9
|Apr precipitation mm = 	80.7
|May precipitation mm = 	142.8
|Jun precipitation mm = 	304.5
|Jul precipitation mm = 	432.2
|Aug precipitation mm = 	403.1
|Sep precipitation mm = 	197.3
|Oct precipitation mm = 	85.5
|Nov precipitation mm = 	55.7
|Dec precipitation mm = 	29.1
|Jan humidity = 	76
|Feb humidity = 	80
|Mar humidity = 	83
|Apr humidity = 	82
|May humidity = 	80
|Jun humidity = 	82
|Jul humidity = 	82
|Aug humidity = 	83
|Sep humidity = 	79
|Oct humidity = 	73
|Nov humidity = 	72
|Dec humidity = 	70
|unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm	
|Jan precipitation days = 	8.3
|Feb precipitation days = 	9.1
|Mar precipitation days = 	12.1
|Apr precipitation days = 	11.0
|May precipitation days = 	11.8
|Jun precipitation days = 	15.7
|Jul precipitation days = 	17.3
|Aug precipitation days = 	18.7
|Sep precipitation days = 	12.8
|Oct precipitation days = 	6.9
|Nov precipitation days = 	5.9
|Dec precipitation days = 	6.0
|year precipitation days = 	
|Jan sun = 	97.2
|Feb sun = 	83.3
|Mar sun = 	85.0
|Apr sun = 	129.5
|May sun = 	207.1
|Jun sun = 	198.9
|Jul sun = 	220.5
|Aug sun = 	211.5
|Sep sun = 	210.2
|Oct sun = 	215.0
|Nov sun = 	175.6
|Dec sun = 	138.3
|year sun = 	
| Jan percentsun = 	29
| Feb percentsun = 	26
| Mar percentsun = 	23
| Apr percentsun = 	34
| May percentsun = 	51
| Jun percentsun = 	50
| Jul percentsun = 	54
| Aug percentsun = 	53
| Sep percentsun = 	58
| Oct percentsun = 	60
| Nov percentsun = 	53
| Dec percentsun = 	41
| year percentsun =	
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==References==

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== External links ==
* [http://www.beihai.gov.cn/hepu/hepu.htm Official site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031203011526/http://www.beihai.gov.cn/hepu/hepu.htm |date=2003-12-03 }} (in [[Simplified Chinese]])
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