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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 (Chinese: 中 山; pinyin: Zhōngshān) was a small state that existed during the Warring States period, which managed to survive for almost 120 years despite its small size. The origins of its founder are a matter of contention between scholars.
Zhongshan Kingdom or Zhongshan Principality (Chinese: 中山國) was a kingdom of the Han dynasty, located in present-day southern Hebei province. The kingdom was carved out of Changshan Commandery in 154 BC and granted to Liu Sheng , son of the reigning Emperor Jing .
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 44 cities from August 10, 2001 to September 30, 2023, bringing the total to 143.
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.
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]
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.
Van de Ven, Hans (2003), War and Nationalism in China: 1925–1945, Studies in the Modern History of Asia, London: RoutledgeCurzon, ISBN 978-0415145718. Zhang Qian-wu (February 2005), "The Truth of the Event of the Warship 'Zhongshan' ", Journal of Xidian University, Social Sciences ed., archived from the original on 2018-11-26