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Hakkas distribution in the world 


Hakka area is divided into pure Hakka county and non-pure Hakka county. It is generally believed that ,in daily work the population who do not use other dialects (excluding Mandarin) , and can only speak Hakka made up for 89% of the total population of the county , in addition, the culture of the county is not affected by the culture of other dialects ,still belongs to typical Hakka culture , is pure Hakka county. Some say it should be more than 94 percent. In short, pure Hakka county is small in number .


Fujian

Pure Hakka counties and cities: Changting, Ninghua, Qingliu, Mingxi, Liancheng, Shanghang, Wuping, Yongding. There are 10 non-pure Hakka counties and cities: Jianning, Jiangle, Taining, Chongan, Guangze, Shaowu, Shunchang, Shaxian, Yongan, Sanming, Nanjing, Pinghe, Zhaoan and so on.


Guangdong

Pure Hakka counties and cities: Mei county in Meizhou City, Meijiang District, Meizhou, Dapu, Jiaoling, Pingyuan, Xingning, Wuhua; Heyuan (Yuancheng District, Dongyuan, Longchuan, Lianping, Heping, Zijin); Huicheng District , Huiyang, Huidong, Boluo and Longmen in Huizhou; Luhe in Shanwei; Pingshang Town, Shangsha Town, Longtan Town, Nanshan Town, Wuyun Town, Hepo Town in Jieyang City. Xinfeng, Nanxiong, Wengyuan, Lechang, Ruyuan and Shixing of Shaoguan. Yingde in Qingyuan : Yangshan Big Lang.

Not pure Hakka counties and cities are: Shenzhen, Dongguan, Lechang, Fengshun Liannan, Jiexi, Huilai, Puning, Lufeng, Haifeng, Lianshan, Yangshan, Lianzhou, Fugang, Renhua, Qujiang district, Longmen, Zengcheng, etc., and in the west of Guangdong Maoming Dianbai, Huazhou, Gaozhou, Xinyi, Yangjiang Yangxi, Yangchun, Zhanjiang Lianjiang etc , some parts of the county district.


Jiangxi

Pure Hakka counties and cities: Gan County, Nankang, Xinfeng, Shangyu, Dayu, Chongyi, Anyuan, Longnan, Quannan, Dingnan, Ningdu, Yudu, Xingguo, Ruijin, Huichang, Xunwu, Shicheng and Tonggu ,total 18 coutnies . Non-pure Hakka counties and cities are: Ganzhou, Guangchang, Yongfeng, Ji’an, Jishui, Taihe, Wanan, Suichuan, Jinggangshan, Ninggang, Yongxin, Wanzai, Yifeng, Fengxin, Jingan, Xiushui, Wuning, Pingxiang, Hengfeng, Baiyuan , total 20 counties.


Guangxi

 Non-pure Hakka counties and cities :Hepu, Fangcheng, Qinzhou, Bobai, PuBei, Luchuan,lingshan, ningming, Chongzuo, Fusui, Yongning, yulin, heng county, Beiliu, Rong county, Wuming, Guigang, binyang, Teng county, Guiping, Pingnan, Wu Xuan, Masan, Cangwu, Wuzhou, Laibin, Xiangzhou, Qianxiu, Liuzhou, Liujiang, Zhaoping, Mengshan, Luzhai, Yishan, Hezhou, zhong shan, liucheng, Huanjiang, Hechi, Lipu,Pingle, Yangshuo, Luocheng, Rongshui, Rongan, Sanjiang, Fengshan total 47 counties and cities.


Chongqing

Ba County, Fuling, Chongqing, Hejiang,Hechuan


Sichuan

Non-pure Hakka counties, Tongjiang, Da county, Bazhong ,Yilong,Guangan, Lu county, Luzhou, Neijiang, Fushun,Longchang, Weidai, Zizhong, Anyue, Renshou, Shangyang,Chengdu, Xinjian, Shuangliu, Xindu,Wenjiang, Jintang, Guanghan, Peng county,Shifang, Xichang, Huili , total 32 counties.


Guizhou

Non-pure Hakka counties and cities: Zunyi, Rongjiang.


Hunan

Non-pure Haka counties and cities: Linxiang, Pingjiang, Liuyang, Liling, Cha ling, Yanling, You county, Anren, Changning, Leiyang, Yongxing, Guidong, Ru City, Jiangshui, Jianghua, Chenzhou, Yizhang , all together 17 counties.


Hainan

Non-pure Hakka counties and cities : Dan county, Chengmai, Ding 'an, Lingao, Qionghai, Wenchang, Wanning, Sanya etc, total 8 counties.


Taiwan

Hakka dialects in Taiwan are mainly distributed in the villages south of Taoyuan, Chungli, Hsinchu, Zhudong and Miaoli, as well as some villages in Pingtung County and Meinong town in Kaohsiung County. Non-pure Hakka counties and cities: Taoyuan, Hsinchu, Miaoli, Nantou, Taichung, Pingtung, Chiayi, Kaohsiung, Changhua, Hualien, Yunlin, Taitung, Taipei ,total 13 counties.


Hong Kong and Macao

The Hakkas in Hong Kong and Macao live in various places and makes up a considerable proportion of the local population.

Shaanxi

There are many Hakka people who have moved back from Fujian, Guangdong and Jiangxi Hakka areas, and there are many hakka settlements with a population of 200,000. It is not clear whether there are non-pure Hakka cities or counties.


Henan

There are a lot of hakka people from Fujian, Guangdong and Jiangxi hakka areas in Xinyang,Henan. It has not been determined which are not pure Hakka counties. The local dialect is no longer Hakka and only a small part of hakka vocabulary remained.


Zhejiang

Non-pure Hakka counties are: Yunhe, SongYang, Qingtian, Lishui (Liandu), XuanPing (now it is administered by Liandu,Songyang and Wuyi ),Longquan, Suichang,Jingning,Jinyun,Taishun, Cangnan,Tangxi (Jinhua),Jiangshan, Quzhou,Longyou, Changshan, Kaihua, Jiande,Chunan,Changxing,Yuqian(Linan), Xincheng, Fenshui(Tonglu),Changhua(Hangzhou), Yuhuan etc . The total population is more than 1 million.


Population in Asia

Malaysia has 1.25 million, Indonesia 1.2 million, Thailand 600,000, Singapore 600,000, Philippine 60,800, Vietnam 150,000, Myanmar 55,000, Cambodia 10,000, India 25,000, Laos 5,000, Saudi Arabia 12,000, Japan 12,000, Brunei 9,000, Pakistan 2,000, Nepal 2,400, Sri Lanka 1,700, Kuwait 1,700, North Korea 10,000, South Korea 20,000, Turkey 500, Bangladesh 500,


Population in America

The United States 300,000, Canada 81,000, Peru 200,000, Guyana 6,000, Cuba 8,100, Brazil 2,400, Guatemala 100, The Dominican Republic 1,200, Bolivia 1000, Chile 1200, Argentina 500, Ecuador 200, Suriname 4100, Venezuela 200,Mexico 100.


Population in Europe

152,000 in the UK, 30,000 in France, 5,000 in Germany, 5,000 in The Netherlands, 1,200 in Russia,1,200 in Denmark, 300 in Norway, 1000 in Italy, 1000 in Switzerland, 430 in Belgium and 500 in Portugal ,Sweden 2,400, in the former Yugoslavia 2,400, in the Czech Republic 100. in Austria 500,in Iceland 100, in Spain 200, in Luxembourg 200 .


Population in Africa

35000 in Mauritius , South Africa 25000, Reunion 18000, Madagascar 200, Mozambique 300, Nigeria 200 ,Sierra Leone 60 , Zambia 60 ,Ghana 200 , Kenya 100,Democratic Republic of Congo 200 ,Angola 200 , Seychelles 500.

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