Wukan | |
Native Name: | 乌坎村 |
Native Name Lang: | zh-hans |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Guangdong |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Guangdong |
Coordinates: | 22.8884°N 115.6704°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | People's Republic of China |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture-level city |
Subdivision Type3: | County level city |
Subdivision Type4: | Subdistrict |
Subdivision Name1: | Guangdong |
Subdivision Name2: | Shanwei |
Subdivision Name3: | Lufeng |
Subdivision Name4: | Donghai |
S: | 乌坎村 |
T: | 烏坎村 |
P: | Wūkǎn cūn |
J: | Wu1 ham2 |
Order: | st |
L: | Black Ridge Village |
Wukan is a coastal fishing village in Donghai Subdistrict (Chinese: {{linktext|东海|街道), in the county-level city of Lufeng, Guangdong.[1] [2] It has a population of approximately 13,000 residents, and is located approximately 120km (80miles) east of Hong Kong near the South China Sea coast.[3]
Wukan became internationally notable as the site of the 2011 Wukan protests that resulted in the ousting of the ruling Communist Party of China's local government over allegations of corruption, the appointment of village leaders to positions within the Communist Party, and the holding of democratic elections to elect the new village chief and village council.