Jiangmen

Jiangmen
江门市
Kongmoon; Chiangmen
Clockwise from top right: Renshou Lu, Gudou Hotspring Resort, Xinhui Confucian Temple, Changdi Lu, & Jingtang Library
Clockwise from top right: Renshou Lu, Gudou Hotspring Resort, Xinhui Confucian Temple, Changdi Lu, & Jingtang Library
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Location of Jiangmen in Guangdong
Location of Jiangmen in Guangdong
Jiangmen is located in China
Jiangmen
Jiangmen
Location in China
Coordinates (Jiangmen municipal government): 22°34′44″N 113°04′53″E / 22.5789°N 113.0815°E / 22.5789; 113.0815
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceGuangdong
City SeatPengjiang District
Area
 • Prefecture-level city9,535.0 km2 (3,681.5 sq mi)
 • Urban
566.0 km2 (218.5 sq mi)
 • Metro
20,968.7 km2 (8,096.1 sq mi)
Elevation
10 m (30 ft)
Population
 (2020 census[1])
 • Prefecture-level city4,798,090
 • Density500/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
 • Urban
1,289,800
 • Urban density2,300/km2 (5,900/sq mi)
 • Metro
14,258,694
 • Metro density680/km2 (1,800/sq mi)
GDP[2]
 • Prefecture-level cityCN¥ 360 billion
US$ 55.8 billion
 • Per capitaCN¥ 74,722
US$ 11,582
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard Time)
Postal code
529000
Area code750
ISO 3166 codeCN-GD-07
License plate prefixes粤J
Websitewww.jiangmen.gov.cn (in Chinese)
Jiangmen
"Jiangmen" in Chinese calligraphy
Simplified Chinese江门
Traditional Chinese江門
PostalKongmoon
Literal meaningRiver Gate
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinJiāngmén
Wade–GilesChiang¹-men²
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationGōngmùhn
JyutpingGong¹-mun⁴

Jiangmen (Chinese: 江门), alternately romanized in Cantonese as Kongmoon, is a prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province in southern China. It consists of three urban districts (Pengjiang, Jianghai, Xinhui), Heshan, and the more rural Siyi (Xinhui, Taishan, Kaiping, and Enping), which is the ancestral homeland of approximately 4 million overseas Chinese.[3] As of the 2020 census, the entire prefecture has a total population of about 4,798,090 inhabitants; its urban region (Pengjiang, Jianghai, plus Heshan being conurbated) has 2,657,062 inhabitants, which can also be considered part of the GuangzhouShenzhen metro conurbation with 65,565,622 inhabitants.[1]

  1. ^ a b "China: Guăngdōng (Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map".
  2. ^ 广东省统计局、国家统计局广东调查总队 (August 2016). 《广东统计年鉴-2016》. 中国统计出版社. ISBN 978-7-5037-7837-7. Archived from the original on 22 December 2017.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference :1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).