Wuchuan is located in the southwest of Guangdong Province, northeast of Leizhou Peninsula, south of the South China Sea. With a total area of 848.5 square kilometers and a total population of 1.06 million people (2008), Wuchuan was approved by the State Council to withdraw the county and set up a city in 1994. Wuchuan City has 5 streets (Meyraxon, Bopu, Haibin, Tangwei, and Dashanjiang), and 10 towns (Lanshi Township, Qumba Township, Wuyang Township, Huangpo Township, Zhenwen Township, Zhanpu Township, Tangsui Township, Changqi Township, Shallow Township, and Wangcun Harbor Township). The Municipal People's Government is located in Meiluo Street, Zip Code: 524500; Code: 440883; Area Code: 0759;