Is Gaopu Town in Puning a Hakka dialect?

Gaopu Town in Puning is a Hakka dialect.

Jiexi County is the most Hakka in Jieyang City. Chaoshan people and Hakkas in the county account for about half of the country. Hakkas are mainly distributed in the mountainous areas near Wuhua County, Fengshun County and Luhe County in Shanwei City, and the Hepo in Jiexi County are all Hakkas. The Hakkas in Puning are mainly distributed in the towns of Yunluo, Gaopu, Meilin and Pu Chuan in the Nanyang mountainous area and some villages in the west of Lihu Town.

Several mountain villages in Huilai County near Gaopu Town in Puning also speak Hakka. Shanwei Hakka is mainly concentrated in Luhe County, the hometown of Xie Fei, the former secretary of Guangdong Provincial Party Committee. There are also Hakkas in Chaoan District and Raoping County of Chaozhou City, mainly distributed in Fenghuangshan District, the birthplace of She nationality, and the northern mountainous area of Raoping County.