Raoping County

Raoping 饶平县 Jaoping
County
Raoping Location of the seat in Guangdong
Coordinates: 23°39′50″N 117°00′14″E / 23.664°N 117.004°E / 23.664; 117.004
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Guangdong
Prefecture-level city	Chaozhou
Area
• Total	1,670 km2 (640 sq mi)
Population
• Total	900,000
• Density	540/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Website	http://www.raoping.gov.cn/

Raoping County (postal: Jaoping; simplified Chinese: 饶平县; traditional Chinese: 饒平縣; pinyin: Ráopíng Xiàn) is a county in eastern Guangdong Province, bordering Fujian Province to the east, and facing the South China Sea to the south. The city with the same name has 135,600 inhabitants (1990).

It is under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Chaozhou. Chaoshan Min and Hakka (Raoping dialect) are spoken in Raoping.

Raoping is famous for its seafood and fruits.