Is Heyuan in Guangdong a rural area?

The historical evolution of Heyuan belonged to the southern Xinjiang of Yangzhou in ancient times, Chu in the Warring States period and Longchuan in the Qin Dynasty. In the first year of Qi Yongming in the Southern Dynasties (483), Longchuan was located in Heyuan County, belonging to Nanhai County. In 503, Nantianliang belonged to Lianghua County, Sui and Tang Dynasties belonged to Zhou Xun, and in the first year of Ganheng in Nanhan (9 17), Zhou Xun was divided into Zhou Zhen and Zhou Xun, and Heyuan belonged to Zhou Xun. In the fifth year of Song Tianxi (102 1), Zhou Zhen was changed to Huizhou. In the second year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty (1369), Zhou Xun was merged into Huizhou, and the Heyuan area was attached to Chaoshun Road in Guangdong Province in 19 13, directly under the Dongjiang Management Committee of Guangdong Revolutionary Government. After the founding of New China, it successively belonged to Dongjiang Administrative Committee, Dongjiang Administrative Office, Yuedong Administrative Office, Shaoguan District and Huiyang District. 1988 65438+1October 7th, the State Council approved the cancellation of Heyuan County and the establishment of Heyuan City, which governs Yuancheng District, Suburb, Longchuan County, Zijin County, Lianping County and peace county; On March 2nd, 1988, the municipal party committee and the municipal government officially put into operation. 1In August, 1992, Heyuan City was incorporated into the coastal economic open zone with the approval of the State Council, becoming an area that can enjoy preferential policies for both mountainous areas and coastal open zones. 1993165438+1On October 8th, the State Council approved the abolition of the suburb of Heyuan City and the establishment of Dongyuan County, with the county party committee and county government stationed in Tangxian Mujing.

Heyuan City is the center of Hakka settlement in Dongjiang River Basin. During the "Baiyue" period, Vietnamese in Jiangsu and Zhejiang were scattered among ethnic minorities, which played an important role in Guangdong's opening up. After Qin Ping Baiyue, he moved to Guangdong and Guangxi, settled in Shaanxi and Gansu, and brought the Yellow River culture. Since then, in the Central Plains war, groups of immigrants have entered Lingnan. These people who moved south assimilated with the local aborigines and gradually formed Hakka civilization. The administrative division of Heyuan City is the prefecture-level city 1988 1.7 approved by the State Council, which governs Yuancheng District, Dongyuan County, Longchuan County, Zijin County, Lianping County and peace county. There are 98 townships, 4 sub-district offices, 125 1 village committees and 154 community neighborhood committees in the city. Population At the end of 2007, the total registered population of the city was 3,354,300, a decrease of 58,300 over the previous year. Among them, the urban population is 8 1.700, accounting for 24.2% of the registered population in the city; The rural population is 2,543,600, accounting for 75.8% of the registered population in the city. The birth rate is 17. 14‰ and the death rate is 10. 16 ‰. The natural population growth rate was 6.98‰, down 2.6‰ from the previous year. The sex ratio at birth is 1 19 (female 100), and the average life expectancy of the whole city is 75.2 years. Language and Nationality Heyuan lies between Meizhou and Guangzhou, and Heyuan dialect is greatly influenced by orthodox Hakka dialect and vernacular (Guangzhou dialect). Some words are similar to Meizhou dialect in pronunciation, and some words are similar to Guangzhou dialect, but there are also great differences between the dialects of Dongyuan, Zijin, Longchuan, Li Anping and Heping counties in Heyuan City. But generally speaking, Heyuan city belongs to Hakka dialect area. There are five ethnic groups in the city, with the Han population accounting for the vast majority, and a few ethnic minorities such as She, Zhuang and Miao. There are 470,000 overseas Chinese in Heyuan, mainly living in Southeast Asia, the United States, Canada, Australia and other countries, with 280,000 compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan and 6.5438+0.3 million returned overseas Chinese.