Yangchun
Yangchun, formerly romanized as Yeungchun,[lower-alpha 1] Yung-chun,[1] and Yang-chuen.[2]</ref> is a county-level city in southwestern Guangdong, China, administered as a part of the prefecture-level city of Yangjiang. Yangchun has an area of 4,055 km2 (1,566 sq mi) and had approximately 1.05 million inhabitants in 2003.
History
Under the Qing, Yangchun County made up part of the commandery of Zhaoqing.[3]
Administrative divisions
Yangchun is divided into the urban quarter Chuncheng (春城街道) and fifteen towns (镇).[4]
The municipalities are:
- 河塱镇 Helang Town
- 松柏镇 Songbai Town
- 石望镇 Shiwang Town
- 春湾镇 Chunwan Town
- 合水镇 Heshui Town
- 陂面镇 Baimian Town
- 圭岗镇 Kyu Kong Town
- 永宁镇 Yongning Town
- 马水镇 Mashui Town
- 岗美镇 Gangmei Town
- 河口镇 Hekou Town
- 潭水镇 Tanshui Town
- 三甲镇 Sanjia Town
- 双滘镇 Shuangjiao Town
- 八甲镇 Bajia Town
Notes
- ↑ Yangchun has also been romanized as Yang Chun,<ref name='FOOTNOTEBolton ,<span>,&,</span>, al.1941[https://books.google.com.hk/books?id=6irEoGgDrm4C,<span>,&,</span>,pg=PA262 262]'>Bolton & al. (1941), p. 262.
References
Citations
- ↑ Gützlaff, Charles, China Opened, p. 527.
- ↑ Encyclopaedia Britannica, 9th ed. (1878), Vol. V, "China".
- ↑ Bolton & al. (1941), p. 262.
- ↑ "阳春市 (Yangchun [index])" (in Chinese).
Bibliography
- "阳春市概况地图 (Yangchun overview map)".
- Bolton, Kingsley; et al. (1941), Triad Societies, Vol. 5, Abingdon: Routledge, reprinted 2000.
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