Chikan, Kaiping
Chikan
赤坎 | |
|---|---|
Town | |
Chikan Dixi Lu riverfront with Qilous dating from the early 20th century | |
| Etymology: Red Coloured Soil | |
| Coordinates: 22°19′24″N 112°35′01″E / 22.32333°N 112.58361°E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Guangdong |
| Prefecture | Jiangmen |
| County | Kaiping |
| Area | |
• Town | 61.4 km2 (23.7 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 5 km2 (2 sq mi) |
| Population (2013) | |
• Town | 46,000 |
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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, and the administrative centre of Kaiping.