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Which township in Xuwen County is the poorest which is the richest

Xuwen County Xiayang Township is the poorest Nanshan Township is the richest

Xuwen County, under Zhanjiang City, Guangdong Province. Located in the southernmost tip of mainland China, southwestern Guangdong Province, longitude 109 ° 52'-110 ° 35', latitude 20 ° 13'-20 ° 43', east, west and south of the Surrounded by the sea, that is, east and northeast of the South China Sea, west of the Gulf of Tonkin, south of the Strait of Qiongzhou, and Hainan Island, a straight line distance of 14.6 nautical miles, north of the city of Leizhou, a tropical monsoon climate.

The county has a total land area of 1979.6 square kilometers, in 2017, the county's 14 townships, 1 street office, 5 state farms. The county has a total household population of 776,434, with a total of 171,318 households; of which: 242,759 are urban and 533,675 are rural; 410,763 are male and 365,671 are female.

Xuwen County historically belonged to the jurisdiction of Leizhou Prefecture, and its traditional culture includes: Leizhou dialect, Leizhou music, Leizhou drama and Leizhou songs. The county has traditionally been a bustling bazaar for economic trade in the southern part of the Leizhou Peninsula, and it is a necessary route to Hainan Island, which is an important center for politics, economy, culture and transportation in the Leizhou Peninsula.

In December 2018, Xuwen County was awarded the National Climate Marker in the climate and ecology category.