Chikan, Kaiping

Chikan
赤坎
Town
Chikan Dixi Lu riverfront with Qilous dating from the early 20th century
Chikan Dixi Lu riverfront with Qilous dating from the early 20th century
Etymology: Red Coloured Soil[1]
Map
Coordinates: 22°19′24″N 112°35′01″E / 22.32333°N 112.58361°E / 22.32333; 112.58361
CountryChina
ProvinceGuangdong
PrefectureJiangmen
CountyKaiping
Area
 • Town61.4 km2 (23.7 sq mi)
 • Urban
5 km2 (2 sq mi)
Population
 (2013)
 • Town46,000[2]

Chikan (Chinese: 赤坎; pinyin: Chìkǎn; Jyutping: cek3 ham2; Taishanese: cok4 ham1) is a town in Kaiping (開平), Jiangmen, Guangdong Province, China. It is officially designated as a National Historic and Cultural Town of China (中国历史文化名镇). Historically it was a regional maritime hub, center for emigration, emigrant market town,[3] and the administrative centre of Kaiping.[4][5]

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  2. ^ "开平市赤坎镇简介". kaiping.gov.cn. Archived from the original on 2013-01-30. Retrieved 2015-10-07.
  3. ^ Woon, Yuen-fong (1984). Social organization in South China, 1911-1949: the case of the Kuan lineage in K'ai-p'ing county. Ann Arbor, MI: Center for Chinese Studies, University of Michigan. pp. chapters 4 and 5. ISBN 978-0-89264-051-5.
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