Introduction of Xuwen County

Xuwen County, Zhanjiang City, Guangdong Province, county, is located in the southernmost tip of mainland China, southwestern Guangdong Province, longitude 109 ° 52 '-110 ° 35', latitude 20 ° 13 '-20 ° 43 ', surrounded by the sea on the east, west and south, i.e. east and northeast of the South China Sea, west of the Beibu Gulf, south of the Qiongzhou Strait, and Hainan Island (Haikou City, the new port to Xuwen County, Hai'an Harbor) a straight line distance of 14.6 nautical miles (i.e., 27 kilometers), the north of the city of Leizhou, with an area of 1,605 square kilometers. Xuwen County historically belonged to the jurisdiction of Leizhou Prefecture, and its traditional culture includes: Leizhou dialect, Leizhou music, Leizhou drama and Leizhou songs. It is also known as the port of departure of the Han Dynasty Maritime Silk Road. The local folklore, houses and dialects are all characterized by the distinctive "Leizhou culture". It is one of the most representative cities of Leizhou culture, and the common language is Leizhou dialect. Xuwen County has always been the southern part of the Leizhou Peninsula economic and trade prosperity of the market, is the road to Hainan Island, is the Leizhou Peninsula, political, economic, cultural, transportation, an important center.