Taishan, Guangdong

Taishan
台山市
Toishan, Toisan
Taicheng Subdistrict
Location of Taishan City (pink) within Jiangmen City (yellow) and Guangdong
Location of Taishan City (pink) within Jiangmen City (yellow) and Guangdong
Taishan is located in Guangdong
Taishan
Taishan
Location of the administrative center in Guangdong Province
Coordinates: 22°15′07″N 112°47′38″E / 22.252°N 112.794°E / 22.252; 112.794
CountryChina
ProvinceGuangdong
Prefecture-level cityJiangmen
Area
 • County-level city3,286.3 km2 (1,268.8 sq mi)
 • Urban
156.8 km2 (60.5 sq mi)
Population
 (2020 census[2])
 • County-level city907,044
 • Density280/km2 (710/sq mi)
 • Urban
194,500
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
529200–529267
Area code750
Taishan, Guangdong
Simplified Chinese台山
Traditional Chinese臺山
PostalToishan
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinTáishān
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationTòisāan
JyutpingToi4saan1
IPA[tʰɔ̭ːisáːn]
other Yue
TaishaneseHoisan
[hɔ̀isān]
Former names
Xinning
Traditional Chinese新寧
Simplified Chinese新宁
PostalSunning
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXīnníng
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationSānnìng
JyutpingSan1ning4
other Yue
TaishaneseXinnein
[ɬīnsèin]

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),[a] 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]

  1. ^ 台山概况(2019年) [Taishan Overview (2019)] (in Chinese). Taishan City People's Government. 2020-01-06. Archived from the original on 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
  2. ^ "China: Guăngdōng (Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties) – Population Statistics, Charts and Map".
  3. ^ Baynes, T. S., ed. (1878), "China" , Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 5 (9th ed.), New York: Charles Scribner's Sons
  4. ^ Gützlaff, Charles (1838), China Opened, p. 526.
  5. ^ Pierson, David (2007-05-11). "Taishan's U.S. well runs dry". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2008-11-11.


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