Houjie

Houjie Town is a town in City, China, on the east bank of the Pearl River. It has a permanent population of 93,000 with official residency, but more than 400,000 who have migrated from elsewhere in China.
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  • Type: Town with 438,000 residents
  • Description: town of Dongguan, Guangdong, China
  • Also known as: Hou-chieh”, “Houjie Town”, “Houjie Zhen”, and “Howkai

Places of Interest

Highlights include Shanmei Station and Liaoxia.

Station
is a metro station on Line 2 of the Dongguan Rail Transit in , . It opened on 27 May 2016.

Metro station
Station is a metro station on Line 2 of the Dongguan Rail Transit in , . It opened on 27 May 2016.

Houjie

Latitude
22.9386° or 22° 56′ 19″ north
Longitude
113.6648° or 113° 39′ 53″ east
Population
438,000
Elevation
13 metres (43 feet)
United Nations Location Code
CN HOU
Open location code
7PJMWMQ7+CW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1415641300
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1807831
Wiki­data ID
Q5913039
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Yue Chinese—“Houjie” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: Houjie
  • Breton: Houjie
  • Cebuano: Houjie
  • Chinese: 厚街
  • Chinese: 厚街鎮
  • Chinese: 厚街镇
  • Gan Chinese: 厚街镇
  • Japanese: 厚街鎮
  • Korean: 허우제진
  • Persian: هوجی
  • Swedish: Houjie
  • Vietnamese: Hậu Nhai
  • Welsh: Houjie
  • Wu Chinese: 厚街镇
  • Yue Chinese: 厚街

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