Enping
Enping
恩平市 Yanping | |
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![]() Enping | |
![]() Enping (red) within Jiangmen and Guangdong | |
![]() ![]() Enping Location of the city centre in Guangdong | |
Coordinates: 22°11′N 112°18′E / 22.183°N 112.300°ECoordinates: 22°11′N 112°18′E / 22.183°N 112.300°E | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Province | Guangdong |
Prefecture-level city | Jiangmen |
Area | |
• Total | 1,698 km2 (656 sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Enping | |||
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Chinese | 恩平 | ||
Postal | Yanping | ||
Literal meaning | Mercifully Pacified | ||
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Enping, alternately romanized as Yanping,[a] is a county-level city in Guangdong province, China, administered as part of the prefecture-level city of Jiangmen.
Enping administers an area of 1,698 km2 (656 sq mi) and had an estimated population of 460,000 in 2005. Its diaspora accounts for around 420,000 overseas Chinese.[citation needed] The area around Enping is known for its many hot springs.
Geography[]
Enping is located in southwest Guangdong, at the western edge of the Pearl River Delta and beside the South China Sea. Enping borders Kaiping to the northeast and to the southwest.
History[]
Enping County was established in AD 220. Under the Qing, it made up part of the commandery of Zhaoqing[1] and was one of the Four Counties responsible for much of the early Chinese diaspora from Guangdong in the 19th century. Many overseas Chinese trace their ancestry to Enping, particularly among the Chinese in Venezuela. Migrants from Enping and their families make up about 200,000 of the country's estimated 400,000 Chinese. Emigration to Venezuela occurred primarily in the decades including and following the World Wars, with the largest batch leaving at the end of the Cultural Revolution in the late 1970s. Enping was made a county-level city in 1994. The Enping financial crisis later in the decade led to a massive scandal and the loss of financial services in the city.
Administrative divisions[]
Enping comprises 10 towns, 3 sub-district offices, 4 farms and stations, and 174 village neighborhood committees.
Name | Chinese (S) | Hanyu Pinyin | Population (2010)[5] |
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恩城街道 | Ēnchéng Jiēdào | 197,788 | |
town | 横陂镇 | Héngbēi Zhèn | 31,694 |
town | 圣堂镇 | Shèngtáng Zhèn | 25,038 |
town | 良西镇 | Liángxī Zhèn | 20,091 |
town | 沙湖镇 | Shāhú Zhèn | 56,217 |
town | 牛江镇 | Niújiāng Zhèn | 23,430 |
town | 君堂镇 | Jūntáng Zhèn | 46,475 |
town | 大田镇 | Dàtián Zhèn | 27,943 |
town | 那吉镇 | Nàjí Zhèn | 19,384 |
town | 大槐镇 | Dàhuái Zhèn | 18,625 |
town | 东成镇 | Dōngchéng Zhèn | 26,129 |
Climate[]
showClimate data for Enping (1981−2010) |
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Demographics[]
Enping is a part of the Greater Taishan Region or Sze Yap Region, which includes Kaiping, Xinhui, Enping and Taishan.
Notes[]
References[]
Citations[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Bolton & al. (1941), p. 262.
- ^ Baynes, T. S., ed. (1878), Encyclopædia Britannica, 5 (9th ed.), New York: Charles Scribner's Sons ,
- ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica. XV (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. .
- ^ Gutzlaff (1838), p. 527.
- ^ shi, Guo wu yuan ren kou pu cha ban gong; council, Guo jia tong ji ju ren kou he jiu ye tong ji si bian = Tabulation on the 2010 population census of the people's republic of China by township / compiled by Population census office under the state; population, Department of; statistics, employment statistics national bureau of (2012). Zhongguo 2010 nian ren kou pu cha fen xiang, zhen, jie dao zi liao (Di 1 ban. ed.). Beijing Shi: Zhongguo tong ji chu ban she. ISBN 978-7-5037-6660-2.
Bibliography[]
- Bolton, Kingsley; et al. (1941), Triad Societies, Vol. 5, Abingdon: Routledge, reprinted 2000.
- Gutzlaff, Charles (1838), China Opened, or, A Display of the Topography, History, Customs, Manners, Arts, Manufactures, Commerce, Literature, Religion, Jurisprudence, Etc. of the Chinese Empire, Vol. II, London: Smith, Elder, & Co..
External links[]
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