Shanwei

Shanwei City was established in 1988. It was politically administered as part of Huizhoufu (惠州府) by the Ming and Qing empires, Shanwei it gained its prefectural and administrative independence from Huizhou during the Nationalist period.

The dominant ethnic population is Hoklo who came as a result of the large decrease in population caused by warfare in the early Qing dynasty in what is now Shanwei.

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On the night of December 6, 2005, a protest had broken out for land confiscated by the government. To calm the protest, armed police were sent to the village of Dongzhou after the aggressive villagers attacked the unarmed police.{{cite web |date=2005-12-16 |title=Protest Planned over Land Dispute in China |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5056500 |access-date=2013-07-28 |publisher=NPR}}{{cite web |title=Xinhua - English |url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-12/19/content_3940710.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080326051932/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-12/19/content_3940710.htm |archive-date=2008-03-26 |access-date=2022-08-09 |website=news.xinhuanet.com}} It was reported by the Chinese government that, three people were found dead after the protest. However, the number was doubted by media to be between 20 and 40.{{cite news |last=French |first=Howard W. |date=December 17, 2005 |title=Chinese Pressing to Keep Village Silent on Clash - International Herald Tribune |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/17/international/asia/17china.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1 |access-date=2023-01-06 |work=The New York Times}}

In 2011, a conflict between the residents of the Wukan village (in Shanwei's Lufeng county-level city, on the Jieshi Bay some {{convert|30|km|abbr=on}} east of Shanwei city center) attracted world media's attention.

Chinese Coast Guardsman Wang Xiaolong, the only line of duty death of the China Coast Guard, served in the Shanwei Coast Guard Bureau and was killed off the coast of Shanwei.

The prefecture-level city of Shanwei administers 4 county-level divisions, including 1 district, 1 county-level city and 2 counties.

These are further divided into 53 township-level divisions, including 40 towns, 10 townships and 3 subdistricts.

Shanwei has a monsoon-influenced humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cwa), with short, mild to warm winters, and long, hot, humid summers. Winter begins sunny and dry but becomes progressively wetter and cloudier. Spring is generally overcast, while summer brings the heaviest rains of the year though is much sunnier; there are 10.3 days with {{convert|50|mm|2|abbr=on}} or more rainfall. Autumn is sunny and dry. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from {{convert|15.2|°C|1}} in January to {{convert|28.3|°C|1}} in July, and the annual mean is {{convert|22.60|°C|1}}. The annual rainfall is around {{convert|1891|mm|0|abbr=on}}, about two-thirds of which occurs from May to August. With monthly percent possible sunshine ranging from 26% in March to 57% in October, the city receives 1,925 hours of bright sunshine annually.

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|Jan high C = 19.5

|Feb high C = 20.0

|Mar high C = 22.1

|Apr high C = 25.3

|May high C = 28.4

|Jun high C = 30.1

|Jul high C = 31.2

|Aug high C = 31.3

|Sep high C = 31.1

|Oct high C = 28.9

|Nov high C = 25.6

|Dec high C = 21.4

|Jan mean C = 15.3

|Feb mean C = 16.1

|Mar mean C = 18.6

|Apr mean C = 22.1

|May mean C = 25.5

|Jun mean C = 27.6

|Jul mean C = 28.5

|Aug mean C = 28.4

|Sep mean C = 27.6

|Oct mean C = 25.0

|Nov mean C = 21.4

|Dec mean C = 17.1

|Jan low C = 12.4

|Feb low C = 13.5

|Mar low C = 16.0

|Apr low C = 19.8

|May low C = 23.2

|Jun low C = 25.5

|Jul low C = 26.1

|Aug low C = 25.9

|Sep low C = 24.9

|Oct low C = 22.1

|Nov low C = 18.3

|Dec low C = 14.1

|Jan record high C = 27.4 |Jan record low C = 3.0

|Feb record high C = 28.4 |Feb record low C = 4.5

|Mar record high C = 30.0 |Mar record low C = 7.0

|Apr record high C = 32.1 |Apr record low C = 9.6

|May record high C = 32.2 |May record low C = 15.6

|Jun record high C = 34.5 |Jun record low C = 19.5

|Jul record high C = 38.0 |Jul record low C = 21.7

|Aug record high C = 35.2 |Aug record low C = 21.5

|Sep record high C = 35.7 |Sep record low C = 18.2

|Oct record high C = 34.7 |Oct record low C = 13.9

|Nov record high C = 33.2 |Nov record low C = 8.4

|Dec record high C = 29.4 |Dec record low C = 2.1

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|Jan precipitation mm = 33.1

|Feb precipitation mm = 38.8

|Mar precipitation mm = 71.4

|Apr precipitation mm = 143.0

|May precipitation mm = 264.3

|Jun precipitation mm = 443.3

|Jul precipitation mm = 300.3

|Aug precipitation mm = 343.4

|Sep precipitation mm = 199.3

|Oct precipitation mm = 43.2

|Nov precipitation mm = 28.1

|Dec precipitation mm = 24.1

|Jan humidity = 71

|Feb humidity = 76

|Mar humidity = 78

|Apr humidity = 82

|May humidity = 83

|Jun humidity = 85

|Jul humidity = 84

|Aug humidity = 83

|Sep humidity = 77

|Oct humidity = 70

|Nov humidity = 70

|Dec humidity = 67

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|Jan precipitation days = 4.9

|Feb precipitation days = 7.2

|Mar precipitation days = 10.1

|Apr precipitation days = 11.5

|May precipitation days = 13.5

|Jun precipitation days = 17.4

|Jul precipitation days = 16.9

|Aug precipitation days = 15.2

|Sep precipitation days = 10.8

|Oct precipitation days = 3.9

|Nov precipitation days = 4.0

|Dec precipitation days = 4.9

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|Jan sun = 153.2

|Feb sun = 114.4

|Mar sun = 104.7

|Apr sun = 118.2

|May sun = 149.2

|Jun sun = 166.0

|Jul sun = 224.3

|Aug sun = 201.6

|Sep sun = 198.0

|Oct sun = 214.5

|Nov sun = 183.8

|Dec sun = 167.6

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| Feb percentsun = 36

| Mar percentsun = 28

| Apr percentsun = 31

| May percentsun = 36

| Jun percentsun = 41

| Jul percentsun = 54

| Aug percentsun = 51

| Sep percentsun = 54

| Oct percentsun = 60

| Nov percentsun = 56

| Dec percentsun = 50

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• Xiamen–Shenzhen Railway.

According to a December 2011 report, officials from Shenzhen considered Shanwei as one of the major destinations to which air-polluting industries should be relocated from Shenzhen. According to the mayor of Shenzhen, some 4000 Shenzhen factories should be moved to an industrial park in Shanwei.{{cite web|url=http://www.bjreview.com.cn/headline/txt/2011-11/28/content_408262.htm|title=Beijing, Shenzhen to Close Polluting Plants by 2016, Xinhua, 2011-11-27 |publisher=Bjreview.com.cn |access-date=2013-07-28}}

Farming is a large part of Shanwei's economy, thanks to its relatively warm climate. Many different types of crops are planted, rice, sesame, sweet potatoes, corn, bananas, just to name a few. 29 families and 42 species of plants are planted in total, on its 96.6 thousand hectares of farmland. Together with the timber and fish industry, the agriculture industry makes 25099 million Chinese yuan yearly.{{cite web|url=http://dfz.gd.gov.cn/sqyl/sqxq/content/post_1109604.html|language=zh|title=汕尾市 广东省情网|publisher=广东省人民政府地方志办公室|date=Feb 19, 2021|access-date=2021-05-31|archive-date=2021-06-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602213902/http://dfz.gd.gov.cn/sqyl/sqxq/content/post_1109604.html|url-status=dead}}

Shanwei has a rich and diverse sea ecosystem. It is a famous fishing ground in Guangdong. With a vast amount of fish, shrimp, crab, shellfish, and seaweed found, the fishing industry there has been thriving for centuries. Currently 25099 million Chinese yuan are earned from the fishing industry, including other harvest industries such as agriculture each year.{{cite web|url=http://dfz.gd.gov.cn/sqyl/sqxq/content/post_1109604.html|language=zh|title=汕尾市 广东省情网|publisher=广东省人民政府地方志办公室|date=Feb 19, 2021|access-date=2021-05-31|archive-date=2021-06-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602213902/http://dfz.gd.gov.cn/sqyl/sqxq/content/post_1109604.html|url-status=dead}}

With its long, interesting coastline and unique customs, Shanwei has a great potential for tourism. The few major tourist points in Shanwei are Lufeng Jieshi Xuanwu Mountain Tourist Area, Shanwei Fengshan Ancestral Temple Tourist Area, Red Bay Tourist Area, Haifeng Lotus Mountain Resort, Tongdingshan Tourist Area, Haifeng Red Palace Red Square Former Residence, Peng Pai Martyr's Former Residence, Shuide Mountain Tourist Resort, Luhe Luodong Shiwai Meiyuan Tourist Area, Lufeng Fushan Mazu Tourist Area, Lufeng Jinxiang Beach Seascape Area, Lufeng Qingyun Mountain, Luhe God Elephant Mountain Park, Luhe Red Spine Forest Ecological Park. It's also one of the 13 communist revolution starting points in China, which can be used as a selling point.{{cite web|url=http://dfz.gd.gov.cn/sqyl/sqxq/content/post_1109604.html|language=zh|title=汕尾市 广东省情网|publisher=广东省人民政府地方志办公室|date=Feb 19, 2021|access-date=2021-05-31|archive-date=2021-06-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602213902/http://dfz.gd.gov.cn/sqyl/sqxq/content/post_1109604.html|url-status=dead}}

Generally used is Haklau Min which is similar to Hokkien and Teochew, belonging to the Southern Min division of Min Chinese. Haifeng, Lufeng and the urban area have basically the same accent. Most parts of the rural Luhe county formerly part of Lufeng use the rural Hakka Chinese language belonging to the Xinhui subdialect of the Yuetai dialect.

As Shanwei is near the Pearl River Delta and Hong Kong, together with the impact of television programs from Hong Kong and population movements within Guangdong province, many local residents, especially the younger generation, have communication skills in Cantonese.

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