Which city does Huilai County in Guangdong belong to?

Huilai County, a county under the jurisdiction of Jieyang City, Guangdong Province, was called Kuiyang in ancient times. Located in the southeast coast of Guangdong Province, south of Chaoshan area; It borders Chaonan District of Shantou City in the east, Lufeng of Shanwei City in the west, Puning in the north and Nanhai in the south, with a land area of 1.253 square kilometers. As of June, 2020, Huilai County has * * * jurisdiction over 14 towns; At the end of 20 19, the registered population was 1483800. ?

Huilai County is an ancient town in eastern Guangdong, which belongs to Baiyue in ancient times and Haiyang State (Nan 'ou State) in Xia and Shang Dynasties. The main area of Huilai in Qin and Han Dynasties belonged to Jieyang County, Nanhai County, Guangzhou.

In the sixth year of Xianhe in the Eastern Jin Dynasty (33 1 year), Jieyang County was located in Haining County, which belonged to Dongguan County and was ruled by Huilai in the west. In the fourth year of Tang Wude (62 1), it was merged into Haiyang and belonged to Chaozhou Prefecture. In the third year of Jiajing in Ming Dynasty (1524), Huilai County was divided into Chaoyang County and Haifeng County, hence the name. After the county was established, it was under the jurisdiction of Chaozhou government in the late Qing Dynasty. After the founding of New China, it belongs to Shantou City.

Overview of Jieyang City:

Jieyang, also known as "Lingnan Water City", is a prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province and one of the four cities in Chaoshan. Shantou Chaojie is one of the cities in the metropolitan area. Located in the center of the geographical axis of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and Haixi Economic Zone. It has jurisdiction over 2 districts and 2 counties 1 county-level city. The total land area is 5240 square kilometers, and the sea area is 9300 square kilometers.

Jieyang is not only one of the important ancestral homes and settlements of Chaoshan people, but also one of the important birthplaces and prosperous places of Chaoshan culture. China is a famous hometown of overseas Chinese, with nearly 6 million overseas Chinese, compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan and overseas sages all over the world.

Jieyang has a profound Chaoshan culture, represented by Chaozhou dialect, Chaoshan drama, Chaoshan song and dance, Chaoshan congou, Chaoshan cuisine, Chaoshan embroidery, Chaoshan mountain pond, Shang Chao culture, welcoming the Lord, king of three mountains, Chaoshan woodcarving, Chaoshan folk houses, Chaoshan ancestral temple, Chaoshan craft, Chaoshan embroidery and moon worship.

Reference to the above contents: Baidu Encyclopedia-Huilai County, Baidu Encyclopedia-Jieyang