Shanwei
Shanwei (Chinese汕尾 市) is a prefecture-level city and town on the south coast of China's Guangdong Province.
Administrative divisions
The Shanwei City is made up of a municipality, an independent city and two circles:
- (1) City District Chengqu (城区Qu: the district is called "district " ), 421 km ², 460,000 inhabitants (2003 );
- (2) City Lufeng (陆丰 市), 1681 km ², approximately 1.52 million inhabitants (2003 );
- ( 3) circle Haifeng (海丰县), 1750 km ², 760,000 inhabitants, capital: greater community Haicheng (海 城镇);
- ( 4) District Luhe (陆河 县), 986 km ², 290,000 inhabitants, capital: greater community Hetian (河 田镇).
Geography
Location
Shanwei is a prefecture-level city on the coast of Guangdong. It lies about halfway between Hong Kong / Shenzhen and Shantou / Chaozhou. Adjacent prefecture-level cities are Huizhou to the west, Heyuan and Meizhou in the north and Jieyang to the east. In the south, bordering the South China Sea.
Climate
The climate is subtropical and oceanic in Shanwei. The average temperature in January is 14.4 ° C and in July 28.1 ° C. The rainfall is 1930 mm / a In the near Luhe precipitation per year to 2600 mm and in many other parts of the city exceed 2000 mm clear and thus are among the highest in Guangdong. In summer and autumn there are occasional typhoons.
Traffic
In Shanwei is an important port for import and export. There are also ferry connections to Hong Kong, Shanghai and Guangzhou. The distance by sea to Guangzhou is 179 nautical miles (332 km).
By prefecture-level city along the two major towns Shanwei Lufeng and the highway runs from Shenzhen to Shantou (深 汕 高速).
There are in Shanwei neither an airport nor a railway station.
Economy
Major agricultural products include rice and potatoes. Also, fishing is an important branch of the economy in Shanwei.
In industry, shipbuilding, marine products and fishing tackle dominate.
Shanwei is also a major producer of salt.
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