Taishan, Guangdong
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"Taishan County" redirects here. For the county administered by Wenzhou, Zhejiang, see Taishun County.
Taishan (simplified Chinese: 台山; traditional Chinese: 臺山; pinyin: Táishān; Jyutping: Toi4saan1), alternately romanized in Cantonese as Toishan or Toisan, in local dialect as Hoisan, and formerly known as Xinning or Sunning (新寧),[lower-alpha 1] is a county-level city in the southwest of Guangdong province, China. It is administered as part of the prefecture-level city of Jiangmen. During the 2020 census, there were 907,354 inhabitants (941,095 in 2010), but only 433,266 were considered urban. Taishan calls itself the "First Home of the Overseas Chinese". An estimated half a million Chinese Americans are of Taishanese descent.[5]
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Taishan
台山市 Toishan, Toisan | |
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Location of the administrative center in Guangdong Province | |
Coordinates: 22°15′07″N 112°47′38″E | |
Country | China |
Province | Guangdong |
Prefecture-level city | Jiangmen |
Area | |
• County-level city | 3,286.3 km2 (1,268.8 sq mi) |
• Urban | 156.8 km2 (60.5 sq mi) |
Population (2020 census[2]) | |
• County-level city | 907,044 |
• Density | 280/km2 (710/sq mi) |
• Urban | 194,500 |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Postal code | 529200–529267 |
Area code | 750 |
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Quick Facts Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese ...
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Simplified Chinese | 台山 | ||||||||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 臺山 | ||||||||||||||||||
Postal | Toishan | ||||||||||||||||||
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Quick Facts Former names, Xinning ...
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Traditional Chinese | 新寧 | ||||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 新宁 | ||||||||||||||||
Postal | Sunning | ||||||||||||||||
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