Zhangmutou 樟木头镇 | |
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 Zhangmutou town centre in 2006 | |
 Zhangmutou is labelled '21' on this map of Dongguan | |
  Zhangmutou | |
| Coordinates (Zhangmutou government):22°54′54″N114°05′00″E / 22.9149°N 114.0833°E /22.9149; 114.0833 | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Guangdong |
| Prefecture-level city | Dongguan |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Website | dgzmt.gov.cn |
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| Simplified Chinese | 樟木头 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 樟木頭 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hakka | Zong1muk5tiu2 (Meixian) Chông-muk-thèu (Sixian) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Head of (a) camphor tree(s) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Zhangmutou is atown under the direct jurisdiction of theprefecture-level city ofDongguan inGuangdong province, China. The town was called Taian (泰安) inMing dynasty. It was renamed to its current name Zhangmutou, literally the camphor tree head, inQing dynasty, because camphor trees were widely planted around the town.[1][2]
It is named for the abundant camphor trees (Chinese:樟木;pinyin:zhāngmù) which existed at one time. It has many flats built and tailored toward expats. It is also a favorite retirement destination and attracts Hong Kong residents as the price is much lower than nearbyHong Kong. The predominant spoken languages areHakka,Mandarin andCantonese.
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