Enping

Enping, alternately romanized as Yanping,[lower-alpha 1] is a county-level city in Guangdong province, China, administered as part of the prefecture-level city of Jiangmen.

Enping

恩平市

Yanping
County-level city
Enping
Enping (red) within Jiangmen and Guangdong
Enping
Location of the city centre in Guangdong
Coordinates: 22°11′N 112°18′E
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceGuangdong
Prefecture-level cityJiangmen
Area
 • Total1,698 km2 (656 sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Enping
Chinese恩平
PostalYanping
Literal meaningMercifully Pacified

Enping administers an area of 1,698 km2 (656 sq mi) and had an estimated population of 460,000 in 2005. Its diaspora accounts for around 420,000 overseas Chinese. The area around Enping is known for its many hot springs.

Geography

Enping is located in southwest Guangdong, at the western edge of the Pearl River Delta and beside the South China Sea. Enping borders Kaiping to the northeast and Yangjing to the southwest.

History

Enping County was established in AD 220. Under the Qing, it made up part of the commandery of Zhaoqing[1] and was one of the Four Counties responsible for much of the early Chinese diaspora from Guangdong in the 19th century. Many overseas Chinese trace their ancestry to Enping, particularly among the Chinese in Venezuela. Migrants from Enping and their families make up about 200,000 of the country's estimated 400,000 Chinese. Emigration to Venezuela occurred primarily in the decades including and following the World Wars, with the largest batch leaving at the end of the Cultural Revolution in the late 1970s. Enping was made a county-level city in 1994. The Enping financial crisis later in the decade led to a massive scandal and the loss of financial services in the city.

Administrative divisions

Enping comprises 10 towns, 3 sub-district offices, 4 farms and stations, and 174 village neighborhood committees.

NameChinese (S)Hanyu PinyinPopulation (2010)[5]
Encheng Subdistrict恩城街道Ēnchéng Jiēdào197,788
Hengbei town横陂镇Héngbēi Zhèn31,694
Shengtang town圣堂镇Shèngtáng Zhèn25,038
Liangxi town良西镇Liángxī Zhèn20,091
Shahu town沙湖镇Shāhú Zhèn56,217
Niujiang town牛江镇Niújiāng Zhèn23,430
Juntang town君堂镇Jūntáng Zhèn46,475
Datian town大田镇Dàtián Zhèn27,943
Naji town那吉镇Nàjí Zhèn19,384
Dahuai town大槐镇Dàhuái Zhèn18,625
Dongcheng town东成镇Dōngchéng Zhèn26,129

Climate

Demographics

Enping is a part of the Greater Taishan Region or Sze Yap Region, which includes Kaiping, Xinhui, Enping and Taishan.

Notes
  1. Other former romanizations of Enping include Gan Ping,[1] Gan-ping,[2] Gan-p‘ing,[3] and Gan-ping-heën.[4]

References

Citations
  1. Bolton & al. (1941), p. 262.
  2. Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed. (1878), Vol. V, "China".
  3. Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed. (1911), Vol. XV, "Kwang-tung".
  4. Gutzlaff (1838), p. 527.
  5. shi, Guo wu yuan ren kou pu cha ban gong; council, Guo jia tong ji ju ren kou he jiu ye tong ji si bian = Tabulation on the 2010 population census of the people's republic of China by township / compiled by Population census office under the state; population, Department of; statistics, employment statistics national bureau of (2012). Zhongguo 2010 nian ren kou pu cha fen xiang, zhen, jie dao zi liao (Di 1 ban. ed.). Beijing Shi: Zhongguo tong ji chu ban she. ISBN 978-7-5037-6660-2.

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