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Encyclopedia > Xinhui
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Xinhui City (red) within Guangdong

Xinhui (Traditional Chinese: 新會; Cantonese Yale: sàn wúi) is a county-level city in Guangdong province, in southern China. Population: 735,500. Traditional Chinese characters are one of two standard character sets of printed contemporary Chinese written language. ... The Yale romanizations are four systems created during World War II for use by United States military personnel. ... A county-level city (县级市 Pinyin: xiànjí shì) is a county-level administrative division of mainland China. ... Guangdong (Simplified Chinese: 广东; Traditional Chinese: 廣東; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Kuang-tung; Postal System Pinyin: Kwangtung or Canton Province, Jyutping: gwong2 dung1), is a province on the south coast of the Peoples Republic of China. ...

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Administration

Xinhui is administered by Jiangmen. In turn, Xinhui has juridiction over 11 towns, 239 villages commissions, 25 communities residents' committee and 3 agencies. The Sino-British Restaurant, a renovated building along Changdi Middle road in the waterfront district. ...


History

Xinhui's history is glorious. Famous people born in Xinhui (with outstanding earth deities) include Liang Qichao, Chen Baisha. With many cultural celebrity, Xinhui is one of Guangdong Province's important historical cities. Portrait of Liang Qichao (Tung Wah News, 17 April 1901) Liang Qichao (Chinese: 梁啟超, Liáng Qǐchāo; Courtesy: Zhuoru, 卓如; Pseudonym: Rengong, 任公) (February 23, 1873–January 19, 1929) was a Chinese scholar, journalist, philosopher and reformist during the Qing Dynasty (1644–1911) who inspired Chinese scholars with his writings and...


Geography

Xinhui is situated at the northwest of the Pearl River Delta, borders on the South China Sea, and adjoins Hong Kong and Macau. Area: 1387.02 square kilometers. Map of Pearl River Delta (details) The Pearl River Delta (PRD, Chinese: 珠江三角洲; Mandarin Pinyin: Zhū Jiāng Sānjiǎozhōu; Cantonese IPA: ; Jyutping: zyu1 gong1 saam1 gok3 zau1), China, occupies the low-lying areas alongside the Pearl River estuary where the river flows into the South China Sea. ... The South China Sea, showing surrounding countries and neighbouring seas and oceans The South China Sea is a marginal sea, part of the Pacific Ocean, encompassing an area from Singapore to the Strait of Taiwan of around 3,500,000 km². It is the largest sea body after the five...


Demographics

Over the last two centuries, more than 600,000 people from Xinhui have migrated overseas (mostly to the Americas), making it one of largest represented Chinese districts out of the overseas Chinese . The locals speak the Xinhui dialect. Overseas Chinese (華僑 in pinyin: huáqiáo, or 華胞 huábāo, or 僑胞 qiáobāo, or 華裔 huáyì) are ethnic Chinese people who live outside of China. ...


Misc.

There is rumours the name Sunkist originated from the Sun Wu area. Certain varieties of the fruit do originate from this area. Xinhui is known for its citrus and citrus products such as dried orange peel. Sunkist can refer to two related entitites Sunkist Growers, Incorporated, a citrus growers cooperative Sunkist (soft drink) - a carbonated orange soft drink made under license from Sunkist Growers, Inc. ...


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Combatants Song Dynasty Yuan Dynasty Commanders Zhang Shijie Zhang Hongfan Strength 200,000 1000+ warships 20,000 50+ warships Casualties unknown, though almost all perished unknown The Battle of Yamen (崖門戰役; or 崖山海戰, lit. ...

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Xinhui () is a county-level city in the province of Guangdong in southern China.
Xinhui is situated in the southwest of the Pearl River Delta, borders on the South China Sea, and adjoins Hong Kong and Macau.
The geographical feature that characterizes the Xinhui and Jiangmen area is the large proportion of water in the region.
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