Meizhou is located in the northeast of Guangdong Province, bordering Wuping County, Shanghang County, Yongding County and Pinghe County of Fujian Province in the east, Chaoan District and Raoping County of Chaozhou City of Guangdong Province in the south, Jiedong District, Jiexi County of Jieyang City and Luhe County of Shanwei City in the west, and Longchuan County, Zijin County of Heyuan City of Guangdong Province and Xunwu County of Jiangxi Province in the north.
Eastern Guangdong is the eastern part of Guangdong Province, including four prefecture-level cities (Shanwei, Jieyang, Shantou and Chaozhou).
Northern Guangdong is the northern part of Guangdong Province, including Nanxiong, Lechang, wengyuan county, Xinfeng, Zhenjiang and Wujiang counties 10 counties (cities, districts) under the jurisdiction of Shaoguan and 8 counties (cities, districts) under the jurisdiction of Qingyuan, including Lianzhou, Liannan Yao Autonomous County, Yangshan, Qingxin and Qingcheng.
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1949, 10 set Xingmei area; 1950 65438+1October 26th, Xingmei Administrative Supervision Department was established, which governs Meixian, Xingning, dapu county, Fengshun, Wuhua, Pingyuan and Jiaoling counties.
1952 65438+February, Xingmei area was abolished, and Xingmei 7 counties were placed under the administrative region of eastern Guangdong; 1February, 956, the administrative divisions of eastern Guangdong were divided into Huiyang and Shantou areas, and Xingmei 7 counties belonged to Shantou area.
1July, 965, Meixian District was established. The original Xingmei 7 counties were divided from Shantou and belonged to Meixian District, which was later changed to Meixian District. 1 In March, 1979, Meizhou Town under Meixian County was upgraded from district level to county level, which was called Meizhou City, and Meixian County governed seven counties with1.
1 In June, 1983, Meizhou merged with Meixian and changed to Meixian, and Meixian area was changed from 7 counties 1 city to 6 counties1city. 1988 65438+ 10, Guangdong implemented the system of city governing counties, and Meixian district was changed to Meizhou city, which governed the original Xingmei 7 counties and Meijiang district, and the newly demarcated county-level district, ***7 counties 1 district.
1In August, 1992, the State Council listed Meizhou as an open coastal economic zone. 1992 5438+00 In June, Meizhou Economic Development Experimental Zone (later renamed Guangdong Meizhou Economic Development Zone) was established. 1994 65438+ 10, the State Council listed Meizhou as a national historical and cultural city.
1June, 1994, Xingning was removed from the county to set up a city (county level), and Meizhou administered Meijiang, Meixian, Tai Po, Fengshun, Wuhua, Pingyuan and Jiaoling to manage Xingning. .
20 13 1 1, the State Council officially approved Meizhou to cancel Meixian County and establish Meixian District. The newly established Meixian district administrative region is the original Meixian administrative region, and the government residence remains unchanged.
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