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Shanwei belongs to which province which city

Guangdong Province.

Shanwei, prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Guangdong Province. Located on the southeast coast of Guangdong, the east coast of the Pearl River Delta, for the West Coast Economic Zone connecting Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao Greater Bay Area bridgehead . Neighboring Jieyang in the east, Huizhou in the west, Meizhou and Heyuan in the north, and bordering the South China Sea in the south, it has a total area of 4865.05 square kilometers. As of June 2020, it has 1 city district, 2 counties, and 1 county-level city under its jurisdiction.At the end of 2019, there were more than 1.4 million compatriots living in Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and overseas Chinese.

Shanwei is one of the country's 13 red revolutionary bases, the birthplace of China's first county-level soviet regime, the city's four counties (cities and districts) are all classified as old revolutionary areas; is the confluence of Minnan, Chaoshan, Hakka and Guangfu cultures, resulting in a distinctive "Hailufeng culture". Local traditional dramas include Zhengzhi Opera, Xiqin Opera and Baizhi Opera. Shanwei has the largest coastal lagoon in mainland China--Pinqing Lake, and the "eight scenic spots of Shanwei": Red Field Starfire, Xuanwu Spiritual Sound, Phoenix, Chaiwang Wonders, Golden Box Silver Beach, Lianfeng Overlapping Jade, Wupo Positive Spirit, and Nanwan Vertebrate Wave are famous far and wide. It has been honored as "Hometown of Chinese Folk Culture and Art", "China's Most Charming City", "China's Most Valuable Investment Tourism City", "China's Modern Tourism new landmark", "China's waterfowl township", "China's plum township" and other titles.