Heping County

Heping County
和平县
County
Heping

Location in Guangdong

Coordinates: 24°26′N 115°00′E / 24.433°N 115.000°E / 24.433; 115.000Coordinates: 24°26′N 115°00′E / 24.433°N 115.000°E / 24.433; 115.000
Country People's Republic of China
Province Guangdong
Prefecture-level city Heyuan
Time zone China Standard (UTC+8)

Heping (postal: Hoping; Chinese: 和平; pinyin: Hépíng; literally: "peace") is a county of northeastern Guangdong Province, China, bordering Jiangxi to the north. It is under the administration of Heyuan City. At the 2010 census, its population was around 300,000, with the majority of the residents being Hakka.

Language

As in the great majority of Heyuan county, Hakka Chinese is spoken, with residents calling their local dialect Heping hua.



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