Shanwei

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Shanwei 汕尾市 Swabue
Prefecture-level city
Shanwei
Location of Shanwei in Guangdong
Shanwei Location in China
Coordinates (Shanwei municipal government): 22°47′14″N 115°22′32″E / 22.7872°N 115.3756°E / 22.7872; 115.3756
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Guangdong
County-level divisions	4
Township divisions	53
Municipal seat	Chengqu
Government
Area
• Prefecture-level city	4,861.79 km2 (1,877.15 sq mi)
Elevation	8 m (26 ft)
Population  (2010)
• Prefecture-level city	2,935,469
• Density	600/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
• Urban	437,000
GDP[1]
• Prefecture-level city	CN¥ 128.8 billion US$ 20.0 billion
• Per capita	CN¥ 48,095 US$ 7,455
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Area code	660
ISO 3166 code	CN-GD-15
Licence plate prefixes	粤N
Major Nationalities	Han
Coastline (excluding islands)	302 km (188 mi)

Shanwei
"Shanwei", as written in Chinese
Chinese	汕尾
Hanyu Pinyin	Shànwěi
Cantonese Yale	Saanméih
Postal	Swabue
Literal meaning	Tail or end of the fishing sandbar
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Shànwěi Gwoyeu Romatzyh Shannwoei Wade–Giles Shan4-wei3 IPA [ʂân.wèɪ] Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Saanméih Jyutping Saan3mei5 IPA [saːn˧.mei˩˧] Southern Min Teochew Peng'im suan1 bhuê2

Shanwei (Chinese: 汕尾), or Swabue, or also commonly known as Hailufeng (Chinese: 海陆丰, portmanteau of Haifeng and Lufeng) is a prefecture-level city in eastern Guangdong province, People's Republic of China. It borders Jieyang to the east, Meizhou and Heyuan to the north, Huizhou to the west, and looks out to the South China Sea to the south. It lies approximately 120 kilometres (75 mi) east of Shenzhen and the locals speak the Haifeng dialect.