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Zhongshan ([ʈʂʊ́ŋ ʂán]; Chinese: 中山) alternately romanized via Cantonese as Chungshan is a prefecture-level city in the south of the Pearl River Delta in Guangdong province, China. As of the 2020 census, the whole city with 4,418,060 inhabitants is now part of the Guangzhou–Shenzhen conurbation with 65,565,622 inhabitants. [ 1 ]
Zhongshan occupies roughly the same place as the earlier Xianyu state. The two countries, being Zhongshan and Xianyu, have a muddled history, as the term Zhongshan begins somewhat before the term Xianyu ends. Zhongshan, meaning central mountains, is first mentioned in 506 BC, by a Jin minister, as a hostile
Dachong was once known as Longdu (Chinese: 隆都; pinyin: Lóngdū; Jyutping: Lung 4 dou 1) in the Qing Dynasty.It is known that when villages were built since the Yuan Dynasty (14th century) and situated next to a river or stream which flowed towards the ancient sea of Shiqi, the region then was named after the river stream.
Sanxiang (simplified Chinese: 三乡镇; traditional Chinese: 三鄉鎮; pinyin: Sānxiāng Zhèn; Cantonese: Sāamhēung Jan) is a town situated at the southern periphery of the city of Zhongshan, Guangdong province.
Xiangshan County, also spelled Hsiangshan, Siangshan, Heungsan, and Heungshan, was a former county in Southern China. From 1912, it was a county in Guangdong Province, in the Republic of China. It was renamed Zhongshan (then usually romanized "Chungshan") in April 1925, in honor of the founder of the Republic of China, Sun Yat Sen, a Xiangshan ...
It is the location of the Zhongshan Municipal Government, and is the political, economic, and cultural centre the city, and is renowned for being the (ancestral) hometown of 32,000 overseas Chinese. [2] It covers 71.4 square kilometres (27.6 sq mi) and permanent population of 120,000. [2] Officially, it is a subdistrict (东区街道). [3]
This is a list of cities designated as National Famous Historical and Cultural Cities (国家历史文化名城) by the State Council of China.China approved 99 National Famous Historical and Cultural Cities in three batches in 1982, 1986 and 1994, and has approved a further 45 cities from August 10, 2001 to December 12, 2024, bringing the total to 144.
Xiaolan (simplified Chinese: 小榄镇; traditional Chinese: 小欖鎮; pinyin: Xiǎolǎn Zhèn) is a town situated at the northwest periphery of the city of Zhongshan, Guangdong Province, China.