| Shanwei 汕尾 |
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| — Prefecture-level city — | |
| 汕尾市 | |
| Location of Shanwei City (yellow) in Guangdong | |
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Shanwei
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| Coordinates: | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Guangdong |
| County-level divisions | 4 |
| Township divisions | 53 |
| City seat | Chengqu |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5,271 km2 (2,035.1 sq mi) |
| • Coastline(excluding islands) | 302 km2 (116.6 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 2,130,000 |
| • Density | 404.1/km2 (1,046.6/sq mi) |
| Time zone | China Standard |
| Area code(s) | 660 |
| License Plate | 粤N |
| Major Nationalities | Han |
Shanwei (Chinese: 汕尾; pinyin: Shànwěi) is a prefecture-level city in Guangdong province of Southern China, People's Republic of China. It borders Jieyang to the east, Meizhou and Heyuan to the north, Huizhou to the west, and looks out to the South China Sea to the south. It lies approximately 120 km from Shenzhen and the locals speak the Haifeng dialect.
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Shanwei has a monsoon-influenced humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cwa), with short, mild winters and long, hot, humid summers. Because it looks out to the sea, summer temperatures tend to be moderated. Monthly mean temperatures range from 14.8 °C (58.6 °F) in January to 28.1 °C (82.6 °F), with an annual mean of 22.2 °C (72.0 °F). During summer, downpours often occur outside of the occasional passage of the typhoon; they together bring the bulk of the year's rainfall.
| Climate data for Shanwei (1971−2000) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 19.0 (66.2) |
18.9 (66.0) |
21.5 (70.7) |
24.9 (76.8) |
27.8 (82.0) |
29.8 (85.6) |
30.9 (87.6) |
30.9 (87.6) |
30.6 (87.1) |
28.6 (83.5) |
24.9 (76.8) |
21.0 (69.8) |
25.73 (78.32) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 11.8 (53.2) |
12.7 (54.9) |
15.5 (59.9) |
19.3 (66.7) |
22.6 (72.7) |
24.9 (76.8) |
25.6 (78.1) |
25.4 (77.7) |
24.3 (75.7) |
21.4 (70.5) |
17.1 (62.8) |
13.1 (55.6) |
19.48 (67.06) |
| Rainfall mm (inches) | 29.0 (1.142) |
55.1 (2.169) |
87.9 (3.461) |
171.8 (6.764) |
280.9 (11.059) |
350.1 (13.783) |
335.2 (13.197) |
331.6 (13.055) |
172.6 (6.795) |
72.0 (2.835) |
30.8 (1.213) |
30.3 (1.193) |
1,947.3 (76.665) |
| % humidity | 73 | 78 | 81 | 83 | 85 | 86 | 85 | 84 | 79 | 73 | 69 | 69 | 78.8 |
| Avg. rainy days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 6.1 | 9.2 | 11.3 | 12.5 | 14.8 | 17.7 | 16.6 | 16.0 | 11.2 | 5.3 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 129.0 |
| Sunshine hours | 145.9 | 101.8 | 94.7 | 104.5 | 135.6 | 166.3 | 228.6 | 201.4 | 191.4 | 204.9 | 180.1 | 170.0 | 1,925.2 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration | |||||||||||||
The prefecture-level city of Shanwei administers 4 county-level divisions, including 1 district, 1 county-level city and 2 counties.
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| # | Name | Hanzi | Hanyu Pinyin | Population (2003 est.) | Area (km²) | Density (/km²) |
| 1 | City District | 城区 | Chéng Qū | 460,000 | 421 | 1,093 |
| 2 | Lufeng City | 陆丰市 | Lùfēng Shì | 1,570,000 | 1,671 | 940 |
| 3 | Haifeng County | 海丰县 | Hǎifēng Xiàn | 760,000 | 1,750 | 434 |
| 4 | Luhe County | 陆河县 | Lùhé Xiàn | 280,000 | 986 | 284 |
These are further divided into 53 township-level divisions, including 40 towns, 10 townships and 3 subdistricts.
According to a December 2011 report, officials from Shenzhen considered Shanwei as one of the major destinations to which air-polluting industries should be relocated from Shenzhen. According to the mayor of Shenzhen, some 4000 Shenzhen factories should be moved to an industrial park in Shanwei.[1]
On the night of December 6, 2005, armed policemen were sent to the village of Dongzhou, located near the coast of Jieshi Bay some 15 km southeast of central Shanwei, to suppress appeals by residents protesting the lack of compensation for having land confiscated by the government. Several residents were shot dead: the Chinese government claimed that three people were killed, and residents claimed that the number was between 20 and 33, with up to 40 more missing.[2] Other media have reported armed police were sent in after the villagers attacked unarmed police[3][4]
In 2011, a conflict between the residents of the Wukan village (in Shanwei's Lufeng county-level city, on the Jieshi Bay some 30 km east of Shanwei city center) attracted world media's attention.
Generally used is Shanweihua which is similar to Chaozhou dialect and Hoklo, belonging to the Min Nan division of Min Chinese. Haifeng, Lufeng and the urban area have basically the same accent. Most parts of Luhe District of Lufeng city use Hakka Chinese belonging to the Xinhui subdialect of the Yuetai dialect. As Shanwei is adjacent to the Pearl River Delta and Hong Kong, together with the impact of television programs from Hong Kong and population movements within Guangdong province, many local residents, especially the younger generation, have communication skills in Cantonese.
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