Lufeng, Guangdong
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Lufeng 陆丰市 |
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| County-level city | |
The entrance to Xuanwu Mountain in Jieshi
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 Lufeng
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| Coordinates: 22°56′N 115°40′E / 22.933°N 115.667°ECoordinates: 22°56′N 115°40′E / 22.933°N 115.667°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Guangdong |
| Prefecture-level city | Shanwei |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
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| Postal | Lukfung | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | Mainland Abundance | ||||||||
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| Hanyu Pinyin | Lùfēng |
| Wade–Giles | Lu-fêng |
Lufeng, formerly romanized as Lukfung, is a county-level county-level city in Guangdong, China, administered as a part of the prefecture-level city of Shanwei. It lies on the mainland on coast of the South China Sea east of Hong Kong.
Under the Qing, the area was known as Lufeng County. Together with neighboring Haifeng, it formed the short-lived Hailufeng Soviet in 1927. It was later promoted to county-level city status.
The area rose to prominence in the early 21st century as a scene of unrest. Jieshi saw serious inter-village violence over road use in October 2009 and March 2010 and, in September 2011, a series of protests or riots occurred in Wukan Village over allegations of Communist Party members unfairly selling farmers' land for development. Fresh protests broke out in December, when one of the village leaders died in the police custody. The police blocked the roads leading to the village.
As of 2005 year's end, the city comprises three urban subdistricts and 17 towns. These are organised into 47 neighbourhood committees and 280 village committees.
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