Shiqi
石岐街道 Shekki | |
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 Sunwen West Road (孙文西路) in Shiqi Subistrict | |
  Shiqi District Location in Guangdong | |
| Coordinates: 22°19′N 113°13′E / 22.32°N 113.21°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Guangdong |
| Prefecture-level city | Zhongshan |
| Area | |
• Total | 22.72 km2 (8.77 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 227,200 |
| • Density | 10,000/km2 (26,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Shiqi Subdistrict, Guangdong | |||||||||||
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| Chinese | 石岐 | ||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 石岐 | ||||||||||
| Jyutping | sek6 kei4 | ||||||||||
| Hanyu Pinyin | Shíqí | ||||||||||
| Postal | Shekki | ||||||||||
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Shiqi Subdistrict, also known as Shiqiqu Subdistrict, is a subdistrict located in the center of Zhongshan city,[1] covering an area of 22.72 square kilometres (8.77 sq mi), and a population of about 227,200.[2] The subdistrict administers 19 residential communities,[2][3] and is home to major industrial and commercial activity.[1]
Shiqi was historically spelled Shekki in English,[4] and is nicknamed Tiecheng (鐵城; Tiěchéng; 'Iron City').[5]
Local people mainly speak the Shiqi dialect, a Yue dialect related to Standard Cantonese.[6]
- ^ a b "Shiqi District". Zhongshan Municipal People's Government. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
- ^ a b 行政区域 [Administrative Regions] (in Chinese). Zhongshan Municipal People's Government. Archived from the original on 6 February 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
- ^ 2020年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码（石岐街道） [2020 Statistical Division Codes and Urban-rural Division Codes (Shiqi Subdistrict)] (in Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of China. 2020. Archived from the original on 14 December 2020. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
- ^ Theodore Shabad (1956). China's Changing Map: A Political and Economic Geography of the Chinese People's Republic. New York: Frederick A. Praeger. p. 166. LCCN 55-11530. OCLC 916993074.
With the exception of Shiukwan on the Canton-Hankow railroad, Kwangtung's regional centers are situated along the coast, notably in the Canton delta. There, in addition to Canton, are the cities of Fatshan, Kongmoon and Shekki. The metropolis of western Kwangtung is Tsamkong, and Pakhoi is the chief town of the western panhandle.
- ^ 〈大灣區中山石岐，為什麼叫鐵城？〉 天天要聞. 13 November 2021. (in Chinese)
- ^ "(方言文化)合奏一曲方言交响乐". Nanfang Daily. 17 November 2005. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 22 May 2007. (in Chinese)