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Lufeng, Guangdong

Eastern Asia

Lufeng, alternately romanized as Lukfung in Cantonese, is a county-level city in the southeast of Guangdong province, China, administered as a part of the prefecture-level city of Shanwei. It lies on the mainland on the coast of the South China Sea, east of Hong Kong. As a coastal county-level city of Shanwei it is part of the Guangdong coastline facing the South China Sea, and its position on the mainland coast, east of Hong Kong, is the feature its lead emphasises.

Facts
Population
264,709 1
Elevation (m)
5 2
Elevation Band
Sea Level 2
Coastal
Yes 3
Climate Zone
Temperate 4
Time Zone
UTC+08:00 5
Sources
1. GeoNames: GeoNames search results for Lufeng
GeoNamesPopulated place record
Quote, Populated place record
population 264,709
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2. Opentopodata (SRTM, ASTER, EU-DEM elevation API): SRTM 90 m elevation at 22.9188, 115.6521
Opentopodata (SRTM, ASTER, EU-DEM elevation API)Elevation result for the city coordinates
Quote, Elevation result for the city coordinates
"elevation": 5.0
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3. Lufeng, Guangdong (Wikipedia)
Lead
Quote, Lead
It lies on the mainland on coast of the South China Sea east of Hong Kong
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4. Koppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koppen-Geiger climate classification updated (ASCII data)
Koppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Grid cell 22.75 N 115.75 E containing the city coordinates
Quote, Grid cell 22.75 N 115.75 E containing the city coordinates
22.75 115.75 Cwa
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5. IANA Time Zone Database: IANA Time Zone Database, asia zone file
IANA Time Zone DatabaseChina section, report quoted from the US Naval Observatory
Quote, China section, report quoted from the US Naval Observatory
CHINA 8 H AHEAD OF UTC ALL OF CHINA, INCL TAIWAN
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China (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationOn Continent: Asia, Lead of the article on China, the country containing this city
Quote, On Continent: Asia, Lead of the article on China, the country containing this city
is a country in East Asia
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