Shanwei City is located on the southeastern coast of Guangdong Province and is under the jurisdiction of Guangdong Province.

As of 2018, Shanwei City has a permanent population of 2.9936 million, a registered population of 3.5576 million, and a total area of ??5,271 square kilometers. It has jurisdiction over 1 city, 2 counties and 3 districts including urban area, Haifeng County, Lufeng City, Luhe County, Red Bay Economic Development Pilot Zone, and Overseas Chinese Management Zone, with a total population of more than 3.3 million people.

Shanwei City is located between 20°27′~23°28′ north latitude and 114°54′~116°13′ east longitude. The widest point from east to west is 132km. It is adjacent to Jieyang City in the east and Huilai County; it is connected to Huizhou City and Huidong County in the west; it is connected to Heyuan City and Zijin County in the north; and it is adjacent to the South China Sea in the south. Extended information

As early as the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, Shanwei belonged to Zhenzhou. Until the Yuan Dynasty, the Shanwei area belonged to Huizhou Road, Guangdong Road, Xingzhongshu Province, Jiangxi Province. In December 1958, it was placed under the jurisdiction of the Shantou District Commissioner's Office; in September 1983, it was placed under the jurisdiction of the Huiyang District Commissioner's Office. In January 1988, with the approval of the State Council, prefecture-level Shanwei City was established in the administrative areas of the original Haifeng and Lufeng counties.

In 1995, with the approval of the State Council, Lufeng County was removed from the county and established as a county-level city, under the direct jurisdiction of the provincial government and entrusted to the Shanwei Municipal People's Government. The resident population in Shanwei City belongs to 35 ethnic groups, with the majority Han population accounting for 99.91% of the total. Baidu Encyclopedia - Shanwei