SänWùi County 新會縣

Province Guangdong
Prefecture Jiangmen
Area
- Total 1,387.02 km2 (535.5 sq mi)
Population
- Total 735,500
- Density 530.3/km2 (1,373.4/sq mi)
Time zone China Standard (UTC+8)
Website http://www.xinhui.gov.cn/
Xinhui (traditional Chinese: 新會; simplified Chinese: 新会; pinyin: xīnhuì; Cantonese Yale: sàn wúi) also known as 'Kuixiang'(traditional Chinese: 葵鄉; simplified Chinese: 葵乡; pinyin: kuíxiāng is a City district in the City of Jiangmen in the province of Guangdong in southern China. Xinhui has a population of about 735,500, 98% of which are Han Chinese. It is located on the confluence of the Tan and Xi River. The local dialect is a variant of Yue Chinese. Xinhui's most famous produce is its Chenpi, made from the peel of citrus fruits. Xinhui is the ancestral home of Liang Qichao, and Andy Lau.

Contents

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1 Administration
2 History
3 Geography
4 Demographics
5 Economy
5.1 Agriculture
5.2 Port development
6 See also
7 References
8 External links
[edit] Administration

Xinhui is administered by Jiangmen. In turn, Xinhui has jurisdiction over 10 towns, 239 village commissions, 25 community residents' committees and 4 agencies. Xinhui administrated Jiangmen Town before being placed under Jiangmen rule.

[edit] History

During the Neolithic period the area where Xinhui is situated was a bay at the mouth of the Pearl River; silt deposited by the Xi and Tan rivers resulted in it gradually becoming land. This is when humans settled in the area. In the last ten years, evidence of neolithic settlement such as communal shell mounds, and ceramic and pottery fragments have been discovered.

Xinhui district was formerly known as Gugang district (古岡州). Famous people born in what is now known as Xinhui include Liang Qichao, Chen Baisha, Chan Heung, and Michael Li from Westmead Hospital.

[edit] Geography

Xinhui is situated in the southwest of the Pearl River Delta, borders on the South China Sea, and adjoins Hong Kong and Macau. It comprises a total area of 1387.02 m2. The geographical feature that characterizes the Xinhui and Jiangmen area is the large proportion of water in the region. Official Map of Xinhui: http://www.xinhui.gov.cn/export/xinhui/sitemap/ditu.jpg

According to geologists, 5000 years ago Xinhui was a shallow bay in the mouth of the Pearl river, with its southeast portion being a chain of islands. With the movement of the Xi and Tan rivers, a river delta was formed which in the last nine hundred years became the alluvial plain of today.

[edit] Demographics

Over the last two centuries, more than 600,000 people from Xinhui have migrated overseas (mostly to the Americas, Indonesia and Hong Kong), making it one of the largest representative Chinese districts of overseas Chinese.

[edit] Economy

[edit] Agriculture

The Geographic situation in Xinhui creates an ideal environment for the cultivation of agriculture. The main food exports include rice and fruits, especially oranges.

Dried orange peel produced in Xinhui is world-renown. It has been used for hundreds years in Chinese cooking and traditional Chinese cooking, adding a pleasant aroma and flavor to food.

[edit] Port development

Yinzhou Lake (銀州湖), or Yamen Channel (崖門水道), has an area of 65 km². The average 8–13 m deep river channel and the gentle water current can accommodate vessels up to 10,000 metric tons deadweight (DWT), and is an advantage for port development and in-river transport.

The Yinzhou Lake Economic Area (銀州湖經濟區), which is the key development area, is one of the four main economic areas in Jiangmen city. The Tianma port (天馬港), which is located in Yinzhou Lake inside Yamenkou (崖門口), is in a strategic location and is in excellent natural condition for port development in the western Pearl River Delta. Tianma port has designated as a regional hub port, similar to the status of Nansha (南沙港) in Shunde, by the governments of Guangdong, Jiangmen and Xinhui. Harbour industries and logistics services will be developed in the surrounding areas of the port.

[edit] See also

Battle of Yamen

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