Leizhou 雷州市 |
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County-level city | |
Location in Guangdong | |
Coordinates: 20°55′N 110°06′E / 20.917°N 110.100°ECoordinates: 20°55′N 110°06′E / 20.917°N 110.100°E | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Province | Guangdong |
Prefecture-level city | Zhanjiang |
Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
Leizhou | |||||||||||||||
Chinese | 雷州 | ||||||||||||||
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Postal | Leichow | ||||||||||||||
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Transcriptions | |
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Standard Mandarin | |
Hanyu Pinyin | Léizhōu |
Yue: Cantonese | |
Jyutping | leoi4 zau1 |
Southern Min | |
Leizhou Romanization | Lui-tsiú |
Leizhou (Chinese: 雷州) is a county-level city in Guangdong Province, China. It is under the jurisdiction of Zhanjiang prefecture-level city.
The city was formerly known as Haikang County (postal: Hoihong); it was upgraded into a city in 1994.
Leizhou is located at the extreme southwestern end of Guangdong and lies on the Leizhou Peninsula.