Dabu County (Chinese: 大埔县) 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.

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Dabu 大埔县
County
Gateway with "父子進士" (Fathers and sons achieved the rank of "Jinshi") inscribed on it
Location in Meizhou
Dabu Location of the seat in Guangdong
Coordinates: 24.348°N 116.695°E / 24.348; 116.695
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Guangdong
Prefecture-level city	Meizhou
Area
• Total	2,470 km2 (950 sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Website	www.dabu.gov.cn

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This is the ancestral hometown of 1st President of Guyana, Arthur Chung, even though the Indians are the majority of Guyana.^[1]

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.^[2]

Dabu is noted for its large Hakka population.

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.^[when?]