Dabu County
Dabu
大埔县 | |
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Gateway with "父子進士" (Fathers and sons achieved the rank of "Jinshi") inscribed on it | |
Location in Meizhou | |
| Coordinates: 24°20′53″N 116°41′42″E / 24.348°N 116.695°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Guangdong |
| Prefecture-level city | Meizhou |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,470 km2 (950 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 330,948 |
| • Density | 130/km2 (350/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Website | www |
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| Simplified Chinese | 大埔县 | ||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 大埔縣 | ||||||||||||||
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| Chinese | 大埔 | ||||||||||||||
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Dabu County (Chinese: 大埔县) is a county in Meizhou City, in the east of Guangdong Province, China. A center of Hakka culture, it has a population of 375,000.
Dabu County has a long history of human settlement. The county was established in 413 in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. During the Qin and Han Dynasties, Dabu was under the administration of Jieyang County.