Which province is Meizhou?

Meizhou is a city in Guangdong Province.

Meizhou is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Guangdong Province, located in the northeast of Guangdong Province, at the junction of Fujian, Guangdong and Jiangxi provinces, bordering Longyan and Zhangzhou in Fujian Province in the east, Chaozhou, Jieyang and Shanwei in the south, Heyuan in the west and Ganzhou in Jiangxi Province in the north. It has jurisdiction over Meijiang District, Meixian District, Pingyuan County, Jiaoling County, dapu county, Fengshun County and Wuhua County, and has jurisdiction over xingning city. Total area 15800 km2.

Meizhou is the main starting point for Hakka people to spread around the world since Ming and Qing Dynasties. It is the most representative Hakka settlement in the world and is known as the "Hakka Capital of the World". Meizhou is a national key hometown of overseas Chinese and an important ancestral home of compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. There are more than 5 million overseas Chinese and Taiwan Province compatriots 1.8 million. In 20 13, China (Meizhou) Immigrants Memorial Square, the only immigrant memorial project in China established by UNESCO, was completed.

Geological characteristics of Meizhou:

The overall topography of Meizhou City is high in the north and low in the south, which gradually descends from the border of Fujian, Guangdong and Jiangxi to Meixian and Xingning Basin, then rises, and then gradually descends to Chaoshan Plain. According to the landform, it can be divided into five categories: plain (basin), terrace, terrace, hill and mountain, which are composed of granite, extrusive rock, metamorphic rock, sand shale, red rock and limestone. Meizhou mountain area accounts for 24.3%; The area of hills, terraces and terraces accounts for 56.6%; Plain area accounts for13.7%; Rivers, reservoirs and other water areas account for 5.4%.

Meizhou city is located in the south of Wuling mountain range, with high terrain in the north and low terrain in the south. The mountains are mainly composed of Wuyishan Mountain, Lianhua Mountain and Fenghuang Mountain. There are more than 40 peaks 1000 meters above sea level, of which Tongguzhang in Fengshun County is the first peak in Meizhou. The mountainous areas mainly include Zhang, Tieshan Zhang, Mei, Jiao Shan and Pingshan.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Meizhou City