Jiaoling County is located in the northeast of Guangdong Province, on the upper reaches of the Han River, with a land span of11601'~ 22' and a latitude of 24 25' ~ 53'. Pingyuan county in the west, Meixian county in the southeast, Wuping county and Shanghang county in Fujian province in the north. National Highway 205 and Tianshan Expressway, the trunk lines of the national expressway network, run through the north and south, with a total area of 960 square kilometers, including 74,700 hectares of mountainous areas and 0.7433 million hectares of cultivated land. ?
Jiaoling County is the hometown of longevity in the world, the ecological civilization county in China, the top 100 most beautiful villages in China, the national demonstration county of comprehensive rural reform, the national pilot county of forest restoration base, the national top 100 deep breathing town, the pilot county of urban-rural integration development in Guangdong Province, the global tourism demonstration county in Guangdong Province, and the advanced county of promoting education modernization in Guangdong Province.
Historical evolution:
1May 949 14, Jiaoling County was liberated. In June, Jiaoling County People's Democratic Government was established, belonging to Xingmei District. 1952 xingmei district was revoked and jiaoling county was placed under the administrative office of Guangdong province. In August, 1952, Jiaoling and Pingyuan merged into Jiaoping County. 1March, 954, Jiaoping County was still called Jiaoling County. 1February, 956, Shantou institution was established and Guangdong provincial administrative office was revoked. Jiaoling county was changed to Shantou area.
1958 12. Jiaoling merged with Meixian, which was called Meixian. 196 1 March, Jiaofen County resumed the establishment of Jiaoling County. 65438+ 1. 0965 In July, Meixian District was separated from Shantou District to form Meixian District, and Jiaoling County was subordinate to Meixian District. /kloc-in the spring of 0/988, Meixian area was abolished and Meizhou City was established, and Jiaoling County was under the jurisdiction of Meizhou City.