Heyuan
Heyuan ( Chinese 河源 市 , Pinyin Héyuán Shì ) is a district-free city in Guangdong Province in the southeast of the People's Republic of China . It has an area of 15,478 km² and approx. 3.32 million inhabitants (2002).
The Guifeng Pagoda (Guifeng ta, 龟峰 塔) in Heyuan has been on the list of monuments of the People's Republic of China (6-680) since 2006 .
The Heyuan Museum houses the world's largest collection of dinosaur eggs. The more than 10,000 eggs and egg fragments come from the Upper Cretaceous Period .
Administrative structure
The city of Heyuan is composed of a municipality and five counties:
- Yuancheng District (源 城区), 365 km², approx. 310,000 inhabitants;
- Zijin district (紫金 县), 3,619 km², approx. 790,000 inhabitants;
- Circle Longchuan (龙川县), 3,088 km², about 860,000 inhabitants;
- Lianping district (连平县), 2,025 km², approx. 370,000 inhabitants;
- Heping County (和平 县), 2,311 km², approx. 480,000 inhabitants;
- Dongyuan County (东源县), 4,070 km², approx. 510,000 inhabitants.
people
- Xiao Yang (1938–2019), Chinese judge and politician
Web links
Commons : Heyuan - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Entry in the Guinness Book of Records (English)
Coordinates: 23 ° 44 ' N , 114 ° 41' E