Longmen County

Longmen County 龙门县
County
Location in Huizhou City
Longmen Location in Guangdong
Coordinates: 23°44′N 114°15′E / 23.733°N 114.250°ECoordinates: 23°44′N 114°15′E / 23.733°N 114.250°E
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Guangdong
Prefecture-level city	Huizhou
County seat	Longcheng Subdistrict (龙城街道)
Area
• Total	2,058 km^2 (795 sq mi)
Population (2004)
• Total	320,596
• Density	160/km^2 (400/sq mi)
Time zone	China Standard (UTC+8)
Postal code	516800
Area code(s)	0752
Website	longmen.gov.cn

Longmen
Chinese	龙门
Traditional Chinese	龍門
Hanyu Pinyin	Lóngmén
Postal	Lungmoon
Literal meaning	Dragon Gate Path-to-Success
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Lóngmén Wade–Giles Lung-mên Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Lung4-mun4

Longmen County, formerly romanized as Lungmoon,^{[lower-alpha 1]}</ref> is a county of Guangdong, China, administered as part of the prefecture-level city of Huizhou. In 2004, Longmen County had a population of 320,596 residing in an area of 2,058 square kilometers (795 sq mi).

Geography

Longmen County borders Dongyuan County to the east, Boluo County to the south, Zengcheng and Conghua to the west, and Xinfeng County to the north.

Administrative divisions

Longmen County comprises a subdistrict, eight towns, and a township:

Subdistrict: Longcheng Subdistrict (龙城街道)

Towns:

• Longtian (龙田镇)
• Pingling (平陵镇)
• Longjiang (龙江镇)
• Longhua (龙华镇)
• Mazha (麻榨镇)
• Yonghan (永汉镇)
• Longtan (龙潭镇)
• Dipai (地派镇)

Township: Lantian Yao Ethnic Township (蓝天瑶族乡)

Demographics

In addition to Mandarin, there are several local languages spoken within Longmen County: Cantonese, Hakka, Minnan, and ethnic-minority languages such as Yao and She.

Notable people

• Sima Qian, the historian, also known as "Longmen" from his birth in the county
• Chen Zhihao, professional gamer

Transport

China National Highways 105 and 205 pass through the county.

Notes

1. The Postal Map spelling is based on the name's Cantonese pronunciation. The name has also been romanized as Lung-men,^[1] Lung-mun,^[2] and Lung-mun-heën.<ref name='FOOTNOTEGutzlaff1838[https://books.google.com.hk/books?id=JORkAAAAcAAJ,<span>,&,</span>,pg=PA564 564]'>Gutzlaff (1838), p. 564.

References

Citations

1. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th ed. (1911), Vol. XV, "Kwang-tung".
2. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 9th ed. (1878), Vol. V, "China".

Bibliography

• Gutzlaff, Charles (1838), China Opened, or, A Display of the Topography, History, Customs, Manners, Arts, Manufactures, Commerce, Literature, Religion, Jurisprudence, Etc. of the Chinese Empire, Vol. II, London: Smith, Elder, & Co..