- Source: Wengyuan County
Wengyuan (postal: Yungyun; Chinese: 翁源; pinyin: Wēngyuán) is a county in the north of Guangdong Province, China, bordering Jiangxi to the northeast. It is under the administration of Shaoguan City. It has a population of 421,756 in 2019, 99.55% of whom speak Hakka. Yao languages are spoken in some parts of the county. 0.616% of the population belongs to minority ethnic groups, most of them Yao.
The name means 'source of the Weng River', which is a tributary of the Bei River.
Wengyuan is noted for its plum blossoms and orchid floriculture, which account for 70% of China's orchid production.
Administrative divisions
The county is responsible for the administration of eight towns:
Towns
Longxian (龙仙镇)
Bazi (坝仔镇)
Jiangwei (江尾镇)
Guandu (官渡镇)
Zhoubei (周陂镇)
Wengcheng (翁城镇)
Xinjiang (新江镇)
Tielong (铁龙镇), formerly known as Tielong Forest Farm (铁龙林场)