Lufeng 陆丰市 | |
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 The entrance to Xuanwu Mountain in Jieshi | |
  Lufeng Location in Guangdong | |
| Coordinates:22°55′08″N115°39′08″E / 22.9188°N 115.6521°E /22.9188; 115.6521 | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Guangdong |
| Prefecture-level city | Shanwei |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,681 km2 (649 sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
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| Simplified Chinese | 陆丰 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 陸豐 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Hanyu Pinyin | Lùfēng | ||||||||||||||||||||
| CantoneseYale | Luhkfūng | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Postal | Lukfung | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Continental Abundance[clarification needed] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Lufeng,alternatelyromanized asLukfung in Cantonese,[a] is acounty-level city in the southeast ofGuangdong province, administered as a part of theprefecture-level city ofShanwei. It lies on the mainland on coast of theSouth China Sea east ofHong Kong.
Under theQing, the area was known asLufeng County. Together with neighboringHaifeng and the now separatedLuhe county now carved out from Lufeng, it formed the short-livedHailufeng Soviet in 1927. It was later promoted tocounty-level city status.
The area rose to prominence in the early 21st century as a scene of unrest. Jieshi saw serious inter-village violence over road use in October 2009 and March 2010[4] and, in September 2011, aseries of protests or riots occurred in Wukan Village over allegations ofCommunist Party members unfairly selling farmers' land for development.[5] Fresh protests broke out in December, when one of the village leaders died in thepolice custody. The police blocked the roads leading to the village.[6]
As of 2005 year's end, the city comprises threeurban subdistricts and 17towns. These are organised into 47neighbourhood committees and 280village committees.[citation needed]
The city's executive, legislature andjudiciary are located in theDonghai Subdistrict (东海街道), together with theCPC subbranch andPSB suboffice.Wukan Village, site of theWukan protests, is also located in the Donghai subdistrict.
Lufeng has a population of 1.7 million,[7] mostly Han Chinese. More specifically, a considerable percentage of the population belong to theMinnan sub group; the rest areTeochews,Hakka and Ming Dynasty Jianghuai military speakers. Therefore, dialects of bothMin Nan,Teochew andHakka are spoken, in addition toMandarin, which is used in official and public life. TheHailufeng dialect, however, only refers to the Hokkien variant.
| Climate data for Lufeng, elevation 32 m (105 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 28.7 (83.7) | 29.4 (84.9) | 31.2 (88.2) | 32.5 (90.5) | 34.1 (93.4) | 36.0 (96.8) | 37.8 (100.0) | 37.0 (98.6) | 36.6 (97.9) | 34.7 (94.5) | 32.7 (90.9) | 29.3 (84.7) | 37.8 (100.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 20.3 (68.5) | 20.8 (69.4) | 22.9 (73.2) | 26.3 (79.3) | 29.4 (84.9) | 31.1 (88.0) | 32.5 (90.5) | 32.5 (90.5) | 32.0 (89.6) | 29.7 (85.5) | 26.3 (79.3) | 22.0 (71.6) | 27.2 (80.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 15.0 (59.0) | 16.0 (60.8) | 18.5 (65.3) | 22.2 (72.0) | 25.6 (78.1) | 27.7 (81.9) | 28.8 (83.8) | 28.5 (83.3) | 27.5 (81.5) | 24.7 (76.5) | 21.0 (69.8) | 16.7 (62.1) | 22.7 (72.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 11.7 (53.1) | 13.0 (55.4) | 15.6 (60.1) | 19.5 (67.1) | 22.9 (73.2) | 25.3 (77.5) | 26.0 (78.8) | 25.7 (78.3) | 24.5 (76.1) | 21.4 (70.5) | 17.5 (63.5) | 13.2 (55.8) | 19.7 (67.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 2.6 (36.7) | 3.9 (39.0) | 2.8 (37.0) | 9.6 (49.3) | 14.4 (57.9) | 18.6 (65.5) | 21.8 (71.2) | 21.7 (71.1) | 17.9 (64.2) | 11.6 (52.9) | 6.2 (43.2) | 1.0 (33.8) | 1.0 (33.8) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 36.8 (1.45) | 46.5 (1.83) | 94.6 (3.72) | 152.1 (5.99) | 257.1 (10.12) | 502.6 (19.79) | 318.5 (12.54) | 362.3 (14.26) | 167.8 (6.61) | 33.2 (1.31) | 27.3 (1.07) | 31.0 (1.22) | 2,029.8 (79.91) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 5.5 | 8.8 | 11.2 | 12.7 | 15.4 | 18.4 | 17.7 | 17.0 | 11.3 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 5.5 | 132.8 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 72 | 76 | 79 | 81 | 83 | 85 | 83 | 83 | 78 | 72 | 72 | 69 | 78 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 154.3 | 112.7 | 105.9 | 116.3 | 139.9 | 162.0 | 213.9 | 198.6 | 189.5 | 204.8 | 181.4 | 167.5 | 1,946.8 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 46 | 35 | 28 | 30 | 34 | 40 | 52 | 50 | 52 | 57 | 55 | 50 | 44 |
| Source:China Meteorological Administration[8][9] | |||||||||||||
Lufeng railway station on theXiamen–Shenzhen railway serves the city, though it is located some distance outside the city.
Lufeng East andLufeng South, both on theShantou–Shanwei high-speed railway, will serve the city in the future.
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