Which cities does northern Guangdong refer to?

Northern Guangdong refers to the northern part of Guangdong Province, including Shaoguan, Heyuan, Meizhou, Qingyuan and Yunfu, with a total area of 77,000 square kilometers, accounting for 42.9% of the province. Permanent population 1665438+ 10,000, accounting for 15.4% of the whole province. ?

Northern Guangdong is located at the junction of Guangdong, Jiangxi, Hunan and Guangxi. Daguangling in the northeast is Ganzhou, Jiangxi. It is connected to Chenzhou City and Yongzhou City in Hunan Province in the north and Hezhou City in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in the west.

Baiyue dialect was the main dialect in northern Guangdong before the Han Dynasty, Shaozhou dialect was the main dialect from then to the middle Tang Dynasty, and gradually developed into Hakka dialect after the middle Tang Dynasty. 1938 10 Japan invaded Guangzhou, 1939 February, the provincial government moved to Shaoguan as the wartime capital. At that time, a large number of Guangzhou people poured into Shaoguan to take refuge, so they also brought Guangzhou dialect. ?

Today, Hakka dialect is still the most widely distributed dialect in northern Guangdong, while Cantonese is popular in Qingyuan and Shaoguan, but many people in Qingyuan are familiar with Hakka dialect and Cantonese at the same time. Cantonese can be used in the whole Qingyuan prefecture-level city, and the dominant position of Hakka dialect is gradually replaced by Cantonese.

Baidu encyclopedia-northern Guangdong