Kaying
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Meizhou 梅州市 |
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| Nickname(s): Kezhou (客州) | |
| Motto: Capital of Hakkas in the World | |
 Location of Meizhou in Guangdong |
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| Country |
 China
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| Province | Guangdong |
| Municipal seat | Meijiang District |
| Area | |
| • Prefecture-level city | 15,864.51 km2 (6,125.32 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 3,047.5 km2 (1,176.6 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 3,047.5 km2 (1,176.6 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 96 m (315 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Prefecture-level city | 4,328,461 (2,010 census) |
| • Urban | 935,516 (2,010 census) |
| • Metro | 935,516 |
| • Major Nationalities | Han |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
| Postal Code | 514000 |
| Area code(s) | 753 |
| License Plate Prefix | 粤M |
| Website | http://www.meizhou.gov.cn/ |
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"Meizhou", as written in Chinese
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| Chinese | 梅州 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Hakka | Mòi-chû | ||||||||||||||||
| Postal | Meichow (present) Meihsien (former) Kaying (former; pre-1912) |
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| Literal meaning | Plum/prune Prefecture | ||||||||||||||||
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| Transcriptions | |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Méizhōu |
| Hakka | |
| Romanization | Mòi-chû |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | Mùihjāu |
| Jyutping | Mui4 zau1 |
Meizhou is a prefecture-level city in eastern Guangdong province, China. It has an area of 15,864.51 km2 (6,125.32 sq mi), and a population of 4.33 million at the 2010 census. It comprises Meijiang District, Meixian District, Xingning City and five counties. Its built-up or metro area made up of two districts was home to 935,516 inhabitants at the 2010 census.
The name Meizhou comes from the Mei River and the Chinese name for the plum blossom (梅; méi). Meizhou was established as the prefecture of Jingzhou during the Southern Han (917-971). It became Meizhou at the time of Northern Song dynasty (960-1127) and Jiaying Prefecture during the Qing dynasty (1644–1911). After several subsequent shifts of jurisdiction, it became Meizhou City in 1988. Meizhou is now a noted historical and cultural city.
Meizhou is located in the northeast of Guangdong Province, bordering Fujian Province in the northeast and Jiangxi Province in the northwest. The complex geological structure was formed mainly from granite, spouting rocks, metamorphic rock, shale, sandstone, red rock and limestone. Its administrative area ranges in latitude from 23° 23' to 24° 56' N and in longitude from 115° 18' to 116° 56' E, covering an area of 15,836 km2 (6,114 sq mi).
Meizhou has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa), with short, mild, overcast winters and long, very hot, humid summers. The monthly daily average temperature in January is 12.4 °C (54.3 °F), and in July is 28.6 °C (83.5 °F). From April to June, rainfall is the heaviest and most frequent. Though striking typhoons do not affect the area as much as the coast, the mountainous topography means that flooding is a serious concern.
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