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茂名市
Màomíng Shì
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Administration Type Prefecture-level city
City Seat (}; }) is a prefecture-level city in southwestern Guangdong province, People's Republic of China. It borders Yunfu to the northeast, Yangjiang to the east, Zhanjiang to the southwest, the autonomous region of Guangxi to the northwest, and looks out to the South China Sea to the south.

Administration

The prefecture-level city of Maoming administers 6 county-level divisions, including 2 districts, 3 county-level cities and 1 county.

  • Maonan District (茂南区)
  • Maogang District (茂港区)
  • Gaozhou City (高州市)
  • Xinyi City (信宜市)
  • Huazhou City (化州市)
  • Dianbai County (电白县)

Language and culture

Maoming dialect of Cantonese, which belongs to Gaoyang group of dialects, is spoken here.

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Prefecture-level divisions of Guangdong
'''Sub-provincial cities: Guangzhou | Shenzhen
'''Prefecture-level cities: Chaozhou | Dongguan | Foshan | Heyuan | Huizhou
Jiangmen | Jieyang | Maoming | Meizhou | Qingyuan | Shantou | Shanwei
Shaoguan | Yangjiang | Yunfu | Zhanjiang | Zhaoqing | Zhongshan | Zhuhai
List of Guangdong County-level divisions

 


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