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 County
Chinese	龙门县
Traditional Chinese	龍門縣
Cantonese Jyutping	lung4 mun4 jyun6
Hanyu Pinyin	Lóngmén Xiàn
Postal	Lungmoon
Literal meaning	dragon gate county
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Lóngmén Xiàn Yue: Cantonese Jyutping lung4 mun4 jyun6

Longmen County (Chinese: 龙门县; pinyin: Lóngmén Xiàn) is a county of east-central Guangdong province, China. It is under the administration of Huizhou City, and as of 2004, had a population of 320,596 residing in an area of 2,058 square kilometres (795 sq mi). It 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 administers 1 subdistrict, 8 towns, and 1 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)

Transport

China National Highways 105 and 205 pass through the county.

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