Meizhou
Meizhou is a prefecture-level city in eastern Guangdong province, China.

Meizhou is a prefecture-level city in eastern Guangdong province, China. It has an area of 15,864.51 km2 (6,125.32 sq mi), and a population of 3,873,239 as of the 2020 census. It comprises Meijiang District, Meixian District, Xingning City and five counties. Its built-up or metro area made up of two urban districts was home to 992,351 inhabitants.
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Worth seeing in and around Meizhou
3 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Roman Catholic Diocese of Jiaying
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Jiaying/Kayíng/Meizhou, Chinese: 嘉應, 梅縣) is a diocese of the Catholic Church which is headquartered in the city of Meizhou, in the ecclesiastical province of Guangzhou in China.
3.1 km · diocese of the Catholic Church in China · Wikipedia - 02Jiaying University
Jiaying University or historically Kaying University is a public provincial undergraduate university based in Meizhou City in Guangdong Province, southern China.
4.1 km · public university based in Guangdong Province, southern China · Wikipedia - 03Jianying Jinian Bridge
Jianying Memorial Bridge is a bridge over the Meijiang River in Meizhou City, Guangdong Province, southern China. The bridge's namesake is Ye Jianying.
2 km · bridge in People's Republic of China · Wikipedia
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Where to eat
During the period after August or September, a sea of pomelos can be seen, especially in village orchards. Salt baked chicken (盐焗鸡) is one of the most well-known Hakka dishes, which can also be bought in many other cities in China.
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Getting to Meizhou
- Airports
- Jieyang Chaoshan (SWA), 91 km · Xiamen Gaoqi (XMN), 205 km · Quanzhou Jinjiang (JJN), 256 km
- Stations
- Meixian Airport, 3.1 km · Meizhou West Railway Station, 8.9 km
- Jieyang (Rongcheng) → Meizhou88 km · quickest by road, 2h · ¥44–60
- Xiamen → Meizhou200 km · quickest by road, 3h 56m · ¥100–135
- Quanzhou → Meizhou259 km · quickest by road, 4h 52m · ¥125–170
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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No local-transport research exists yet for Meizhou
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Meizhou. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Meizhou
- Meixian DistrictDistrict of Meizhou, Guangdong, China3.6 km
- Meijiang Districtdistrict of China2.8 km
- Changsha Towntown in Meizhou, Guangdong, China8.1 km
- Chengbeitown in Guangdong, People's Republic of China5.2 km
- Sanjiaotown Meizhou, Guangdong, China2.6 km
- Jiangnansubdistrict of Meizhou City, Guangdong Province, China1 km