Meixian District

• Name — Meixian • Official Name — District of Meixian • Postal Code Type — Postal code • Type — District • Image Map — Hzs map020.png • Map Caption — Location of the district in Meizhou • Pushpin Map — China Guangdong • Pushpin Label — Meixian • Pushpin Caption — Location in Guangdong • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — People's Republic of China • Subdivision Type1 — Province • Subdivision Name1 — Guangdong • Subdivision Type2 — Prefecture-level city • Subdivision Name2 — Meizhou • Area Total Km2 — 2755.36 • Population As Of — 2020 census • Population Density Km2 — auto • Population Total — 556,735 • Time Zone — China Standard • Utc Offset — +8 • Website — www.gdmx.gov.cn/

• T — 梅 • S — 梅县 • L — Plum County • H — Mòi-yen • P — Méixiàn • J — Mui4 Jyun6 • Showflag — h • Altname — Former Name (Ming dynasty) • S2 — 程乡 • T2 — 程鄕 • P2 — Chengxiang Meixian District (Chinese) is a district of Meizhou Prefecture, Guangdong, China, bordering Fujian Province to the east. The district is an important Hakka settlement and is the ancestral home of many Hakka descendants living in Taiwan and other countries worldwide.

Meixian was a rural peasant county with the exception of a city called Songkou, and its original name was Chengxiang county (程鄕) founded at the southern Han Dynasty where it was first created. It was part of Hakka Jiayingzhou during the Ming empire. It only obtained its current rename during the Kuomintang Republic of China.

• Illustration — Map including Meixian (MEI-HSIEN 梅縣 (KAYING)) area (1954) Meixian almost completely surrounds Meizhou's central urban Meijiang District. This is due to the old urban core of Meixian becoming separated from the bulk of the county in the territorial reorganization following the 1949 establishment of the People's Republic of China, when it was given equal status.

Meixian is noted for its large Hakka population.

Meixian has administrative jurisdiction over one subdistrict and 18 towns. • Subdistrict: • Xincheng • Towns: • Chendong (城东镇) • Shisan (石扇镇) • Meixi (梅西镇) • Daping (大坪镇) • Shikeng (石坑镇) • Shuiche (水车镇) • Meinan (梅南镇) • Bincun (丙村镇) • Baidu (白渡镇) • Songyuan (松源镇) • Longwen (隆文镇) • Taoyao (桃尧镇) • Shejiang (畲江镇) • Yanyang (雁洋镇) • Songkou (松口镇) • Nankou (南口镇) • Chengjiang (程江镇) • Fuda (扶大镇)

With a majority Hakka population, Meixian, along with Dabu County, is known as the home of Standard Hakka.