Hui Lai (variant: Huilai, Hweilai, Hwelie) (惠來, in Mandarin: Huilai) was one of historical Teochew prefecture's eight counties. It was formed as a county in 1524 after being partitioned from Teo Yor (潮陽). Hui Lai is now administered as a county under Gek Yor (揭陽) prefectural city.
Map from Qianlong Teochew prefectural gazette (乾隆潮州府志) circa 1762.
Hui Lai is a coastal area and is served by its own network of rivers. It lies on the Teochew region's western border with Lufeng (陸豐) district of Shanwei city, where Teochew is spoken around the townships of 甲子, 甲西 and 甲東.
Hui Lai is commonly denoted as "惠邑" on the gravestones of the overseas Teochews with ancestry from here.
Below is a full list of towns & villages in Hui Lai county
Villages, according to township
- 惠來都（二十八村）：綠昌、赤山、西坑、西澳、吉清、洋美、隴頭、北山、東福阜、赤山、釣鼇石、桂林、石洲、西隴、華翁、華謝、厚謝、隴美、羊角林、水口、吉清、現龍頭、海程、烏石、達三埠、郭岡、大溪、小溪
- 西頭都（三十五村）：神泉、鉛錫、木坑、周田、華湖、神泉、橫山、石歧、前詹、後山頭、莿坑、黃岡寨、獅石頭、前湖、後嶼、杭美、漠港、華美、銘湖、後寮、前埔、港內、南山、華林、古埔、鼇頭徑、前吳、厚山、鞋襪山、後池、石碑、赤澳、青洲、溝疏、西埔
- 大泥都（十八村）：武寧、後表、洪橋、茆洋、錫溪、崎岎、武寧、荊隴、葛山、厚衡、西塘、東埔、洪橋、仙菴、華清、茆洋、心紅、石坑、雙山
- 隆井都（七村）：赤洲、東隴、華竈、金東洲、鼇頭、華埔、後溪洋
- 龍溪都（七十一村）：螺溪、龍江、雞岡、漁湖、雙梅、蓮塘、甘泉、東溪、北溪、雲落、梅洋、梅林、梅田、高埔、大陂、螺溪、巨鎮、船場、港子美、月潭、龍江、竹湖、象湖、溝邊、西湖、岡前、黃牛洋、赤泥山、後葛、橫山後、東山、北洋、魯陽、馬湖、謝塘、塘田、蕉布、溪沙、大禾田、漁湖、尖處葛、北山埔、鹽坑、青坑、螃蟹、禾秋鎮、橘子葛、蔡潭、陳牙屯、梅洋、萬安寨、田心、下寮、梅林屯、大厝塲、尖石、南陽、梅田、高埔、黃溝車、溪西、沙岡、沙隴頭、岐石、華清、新埭、東埭、澳頭、下澳、新寮、長青寨
- 南門市、西門市、東門市、武寧市、神前市、復古市、黃岡市、隆江市、葵潭墟、雲落墟、梅林屯
Source: Biographies of Overseas-Teochew leaders with History of Teochew districts《南洋潮僑人物志與潮州各縣沿革史》，編著者周漢人，新加坡：中華出版社，1958
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