Shanwei Municipality, A prefecture-level city under Guangdong Province , In Chinese [汕尾市]

Facts & Informations :

Administrative Division Code : 441500;

Post Code : 516601;

Phone Area Code :0660

The Prefix of Motor Vehicle License Plate : 粤N

The Prefix of Citizen Identity Card Number: 441500

Area Coverage: 4838 square kilometers;

Population : 3,410,000 persons (Including the subordinate cities and counties);

The Seat : Chengqu District

Official Website of local Government: http://www.shanwei.gov.cn >>>>

Shanwei in Pictures

City Guide to Shanwei: Restaurants, Hotels,Shopping, Hospitals ...

Restaurant and Catering Service

Muslim Cuisine	Western Food	Japanese Cuisine
Hotpot	Asian Cuisine

Leisure and Recreation Facilities

KTV	Cinema	Night Club
Cyber Cafe	Bath

Financial Facilities	Mall,Store and Market

Hospitals & Clinics	Sports Facilities

Community Service	Travel Services

Tour Guide to Shanwei: Streets and Roads

G15 Shenhai Expressw	Xiacun First Road	Nanyang First Road
County Highway 129	Nanyang Second Road	Sanhe Road
Provincial Highway 2	Donggong Road	Wuyuan First Road

Tour Guide to Shanwei: Tour Attractions

Haifeng Eight Views	Lianhua Mountain Scenic Spot
Shanwei Lotus Mountain Forest Park	Nan′ao Peninsula
Marine First Hill	Shanwei Port
Xuanwu Mountain	Honghai Bay
Former Residence of Peng Pai	Guilin Rock

The adminitrative division form of Shanwei is Municipality, which is one of the four administrative divisional forms at the the second level of China local administrative division system .
Municipality is also referred to as a prefecture level city (地级市). Most of Chinese big cities belong to this variety.
A prefecture-level municipality is subject to the juridiction of a provincial government ,and directly controls some urban districts while overseeing some counties or smaller cities on behalf of the provincial government.
Thus it's normal to see a large City (a Municipality) have jurisdiction over some small cities in China.

Urban Subdivisions of Shanwei City
S/N	Full Name	In Chinese	In Pinyin	Divison type
1	Chengqu District	城区	Chengqu

Subdivisions Under the jurisdication of Shanwei Municipality The components of greater Shanwei Municipality
S/N	Full Name	In Chinese	In Pinyin	Divison type
1	Lufeng City	陆丰市	Lufeng Shi	City
2	Luhe County	陆河县	Luhe Xian	County
3	Haifeng County	海丰县	Haifeng Xian	County

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Overview

Shanwei used to be named as “Shanmei” and it is so named as “shan” refers to the higher place of the beach while this place is famous for its beautiful seashore scenery. Later, as “mei” and “wei” has partial tone, it was renamed as “Shanwei”.

With an area of 5,271 square meters, and a coastal line of 302 kilometers, it has altogether 11 trading ports, distributing from east to west as the following: Jiazi, Heshi, Wukan, Zheliang, Shanwei, Houmen and so on. It has a population of 2,130,000, including 300,000 people from 21 minority, mainly of She mino.....
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