Guzhen Town (Chinese: 古鎮鎮Pinyin: Gǔzhèn Zhèn) is situated at the northwest periphery of the city of Zhongshan with a distance of 23km from the city. The town is famous for its lighting fitting and equipment industries. The population of Guzhen Town is of and estimation of 63,000 permanent residents and 20,000 outsiders. Pinyin (拼音, pÄ«nyÄ«n) literally means join (together) sounds (a less literal translation being phoneticize, spell or transcription) in Chinese and usually refers to HànyÇ” PÄ«nyÄ«n (汉语拼音, literal meaning: Han language pinyin), which is a system of romanization (phonetic notation and transliteration to roman script) for Standard Mandarin. ... Statue of Sun Yat-sen in Sunwen Memorial Park. ...

Administration

Wihtin the 47.8km² of total area, Guzhen town is sub-divided into 20 administrative districts(管理區), and one resident committe(居民委員會).

Geography

The west of Guzhen Town is facing a sub-stream of Xi Jiang(西江), which forms part of the Pearl River basin. Jiangmen is on the other side of the river. Foshan is next to Guzhen Town to the north, while Xiolan Town to the east and Henglan Town to the south. The Pearl River (珠江 Pinyin: Zhū Jiāng) is Chinas third longest river (2,200 km, after the Yangtze River and the Huang He), and second largest by volume (after the Yangtze). ... Jiangmen (江門) is a prefecture-level city in the Guangdong province of southern China. ... Foshan (佛山; pinyin: Fóshān) is a city in southeast China in central Guangdong southwest of Guangzhou. ...

Economics

Lighting and fitting equipment industry