Zhongshan
Zhongshan
中山市 Chungshan | |
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Location of Zhongshan in Guangdong | |
Location in Guangdong | |
| Coordinates (Zhongshan municipal government): 22°31′01″N 113°23′33″E / 22.5170°N 113.3925°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Guangdong |
| County-level divisions | None |
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| Municipal seat | Dongqu Subdistrict |
| Government | |
| • CCP Committee Secretary | Xue Xiaofeng (薛晓峰) |
| • Mayor | Chen Liangxian (陈良贤) |
| Area | |
| 1,783.67 km2 (688.68 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 1,783.67 km2 (688.68 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 19,870.4 km2 (7,672.0 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 11 m (36 ft) |
| Population (2020 census) | |
| 4,418,060 | |
| • Density | 2,500/km2 (6,400/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 4,418,060 |
| • Urban density | 2,500/km2 (6,400/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 65,565,622 |
| • Metro density | 3,300/km2 (8,500/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 356.6 billion US$ 55.3 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 80,157 US$ 12,425 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard Time) |
| Postal code | 528400 |
| Area code | 0760 |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-GD-20 |
| License plate prefixes | 粤T |
| City flower | Chrysanthemum |
| Website | www.ZhongShan.gov.cn (Chinese) |
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"Zhongshan City", as written in Chinese | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chinese | 中山 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Postal | Chungshan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Chinese | 香山 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | 'Fragrant Mountain' | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Zhongshan (Chinese: 中山 [ʈʂʊ́ŋ ʂán]), alternately romanized via Cantonese as Chungshan, is a prefecture-level city in the south of the Pearl River Delta in Guangdong province, China. As of the 2020 census, the whole city with 4,418,060 inhabitants is now part of the Guangzhou–Shenzhen conurbation with 65,565,622 inhabitants. The city-core subdistricts used to be called Shiqi or Shekki (Chinese: 石岐).
Zhongshan is one of the few Chinese cities to be named after a person. It was originally named Xiangshan (香山, "Fragrant Mountain"; Cantonese: Heung-saan), but was renamed in 1925 in honor of Sun Yat-sen, who is known in China as "Sun Zhongshan". Sun was the founding father of the Republic of China who is also regarded positively by the People's Republic. He was born in Cuiheng village in Nanlang Township of what was then Xiangshan County.