Meixian District is located in the northeast of Guangdong Province, the upper reaches of Hanjiang River and the middle of Meizhou City. It is located between 23 55'-24 48' north latitude and 65 438+065 438+05 47'-65 438+065 438+06 33' east longitude, with a width of 78km from east to west and a length of 98km from north to south.
Dapu county in the east, xingning city in the west, Fengshun County in the south, Jiaoling County in the north, Shanghang County and Yongding County in Fujian Province in the northeast, Pingyuan County in the northwest and Meijiang District in Meizhou City in the middle. The total area of the jurisdiction is 2483 square kilometers.
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Founded in the Qin Dynasty, Jingzhou was changed to Meizhou in the fourth year of Kaiyuan in the Northern Song Dynasty (97 1); In the first year of the Republic of China (19 12), the state government system was abolished and Meizhou was changed to Meixian. 20 13, 10 In June, the State Council agreed to approve Meixian County to be removed from the county and set up a district, which belongs to Meizhou City and is called Meicheng.
Meixian District has the reputation of "hometown of culture", "hometown of overseas Chinese" and "hometown of football". It has been awarded "National Advanced Cultural County (District/City)", "China Strong Tourism County (District/City)" and "Hometown of Folk Art (Folk Song Art) in China".
Meixian District is a pilot county (district) of the national intellectual property strong area project. 20 18, 18122 was selected into the list of pilot areas for the integrated development of rural primary, secondary and tertiary industries in 20 18. 2019,6543810.9 Meixian district was selected as the "hometown of folk culture and art in China" in 20 18-2020.
References:
Baidu encyclopedia-Meixian county