Dabu County

Dabu County is a county in Meizhou City, in the east of Guangdong Province, China. A center of Hakka culture, it has a population of 375,000.

Notable people
This is the ancestral hometown of 1st President of Guyana, Arthur Chung, even though the Indians are the majority of Guyana.

70% of Singapore's 300,000-strong Hakka community are descended from emigrants from Dabu County, including the great-grandfather of Singapore's founding father and first Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew.

Ethno-linguistic make-up
Dabu is noted for its large Hakka population.

Administrative divisions
Dabu County has jurisdiction over the following towns:


 * Huliao (湖寮镇)
 * Gaopi (高陂镇)
 * Chayang (茶阳镇)
 * Dama (大麻镇)
 * Sanhe (三河镇)
 * Yinjiang (银江镇)
 * Guangde (光德镇)
 * Taoyuan (桃源镇)
 * Fenglang (枫朗镇)
 * Dadong (大东镇)
 * Xihe (西河镇)
 * Qingxi (青溪镇)
 * Zhourui (洲瑞镇)
 * Baihou (百侯镇)

The administrative center of the county was originally in the ancient town of Chayang before moving to Huliao.