Hepu County

Hepu County 合浦县 Hoppo; Limchow
County
Hepu Location of the seat in Guangxi
Coordinates: 21°40′N 109°12′E / 21.667°N 109.200°E / 21.667; 109.200
Country	China
Province	Guangxi
Prefecture-level city	Beihai
County seat	Lianzhou
Area
• Total	2,380 km2 (920 sq mi)
Elevation	12 m (40 ft)
Population  (2003)
• Total	930,914
• Density	390/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	536100
Area code	0779

Hepu (Chinese: 合浦; pinyin: Hépǔ), alternately romanized as Hoppo, Hopu or Hop'u, is a county under the administration of Beihai City in southeastern Guangxi, China. It borders Lianjiang (Guangdong) to the southeast, Bobai County to the northeast, the Gulf of Tonkin to the south, Qinzhou to the west, and Pubei County to the north. Then-Premier Li Peng called this place "the Southern Pearl County" (南珠之乡) in November 1992. The county was once known as Lianzhou (Postal: Limchow). It has an area of 2,380 km² (920 sq mi) and a population of 930,914 as of 2003^[update].

About 300,000 of the inhabitants are of Hakka descent.^{[citation needed]}