Raoping County

Raoping County (postal: Jaoping; simplified Chinese: 饶平县; traditional Chinese: 饒平縣; pinyin: Ráopíng Xiàn) is a county in eastern Guangdong Province, bordering Fujian Province to the east, and facing the South China Sea to the south. The city with the same name has 135,600 inhabitants (1990).

Raoping

饶平县

Jaoping
County
Raoping
Location of the seat in Guangdong
Coordinates: 23°39′50″N 117°00′14″E
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceGuangdong
Prefecture-level cityChaozhou
Area
  Total1,670 km2 (640 sq mi)
Population
  Total900,000
  Density540/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Websitehttp://www.raoping.gov.cn/

It is under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Chaozhou. The dialects spoken in Raoping are Teochew and Hakka (Raoping dialect).

Raoping is famous for its seafood and fruits.

Climate

Famous people

  • Zhang Jingsheng (Sexologist)
gollark: Or you could just not drink it and distract everyone from noticing this.
gollark: Just substitute your beer for liquescent bees or something safe.
gollark: Being slightly socially disapproved of is almost certainly better than trying to train yourself to be resistant to alcohol, which seems most likely to end in liver damage.
gollark: Which is possible and okay, you see.
gollark: You mean "you need to cognitive-dissonance yourself into believing it 'tastes good'".

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