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Heshan, Guangdong
City in China From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Heshan (Chinese: 鹤山), formerly romanized as Hokshan, is a county-level city of Jiangmen City in the southern part of Guangdong Province, China with a total land area of 1,081 square kilometres (417 sq mi) and a population of 530,684 inhabitants as of 2020 census and some 200,000 internal migrants.[1] The city is now being conurbated with Jiangmen and so included in the Guangzhou-Shenzhen Pearl River conurbation with more than 65,57 million inhabitants. There are approximately 360,000 people of Heshan origin or descent living in other parts of the world, particularly in the Americas such as Chile, Peru and the United States.
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Situated about 60 kilometres (37 mi) south west of the provincial capital, Guangzhou, Heshan occupies a strategic location on the Pearl River Delta, commanding the northern gateway to Jiangmen's five prefectures. Along the opposite bank of the same river, lie the two municipalities of Nanhai and Shunde. Heshan is around three hours from Hong Kong and one hour from Macau by road. The city's harbour can accommodate vessels of up to 3,000 long tons (3,050 t). Ships ply from here to Hong Kong directly.
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Name
Heshan—one of several places in China whose name means "Mount Crane"—takes its name from a nearby mountain thought to resemble the shape of the bird. The spelling Heshan derives from the pinyin romanization of the name's Mandarin pronunciation. The Postal Map spelling Hokshan was a combination of the local Cantonese pronunciation of the first character and the Mandarin pronunciation of the second. Heshan has also been romanized as Ho Shan[2] and Ho-shan.[3]
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History
Heshan was made a prefecture in 1732 during the reign of the Yongzheng Emperor of the Qing.[citation needed] By the 19th century, Heshan County made up part of the commandery of Zhaoqing.[2] In 1993, it was promoted to a county-level city.
Administrative divisions
Heshan Municipality administers ten towns:
Industry
Heshan is located at the center of one of China's largest furniture producing areas, with approximately 10% of the world's furniture produced on its outskirts.
Culture
Heshan is the birthplace of the Southern lion dance style known as the Hok San lion dance.
Notable individuals
- Robin Lee, winner of 1986 Miss Hong Kong Pageant.[5]
Climate
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References
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