Zhangmutou
Town in Guangdong, People's Republic of China From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Zhangmutou is a town under the direct jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Dongguan in Guangdong province, China.
Zhangmutou
樟木头镇 | |
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 Zhangmutou town centre in 2006 | |
 Zhangmutou is labelled '21' on this map of Dongguan | |
  Zhangmutou | |
| Coordinates (Zhangmutou government): 22°54′54″N 114°05′00″E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Guangdong |
| Prefecture-level city | Dongguan |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Website | dgzmt.gov.cn |
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| Simplified Chinese | 樟木头 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 樟木頭 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hakka | Zong1muk5tiu2 (Meixian) Chông-muk-thèu (Sixian) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Head of (a) camphor tree(s) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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It is named for the abundant camphor trees (Chinese: 樟木; pinyin: zhāngmù) which existed at one time. It has many flats built and tailored toward expats. It is also a favorite retirement destination and attracts Hong Kong residents as the price is much lower than nearby Hong Kong. The predominant spoken languages are Hakka, Mandarin and Cantonese.
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