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Taishan (台山 pinyin: Táishān; local: Toisan) is a coastal city in Guangdong Province, China. The city is located southwest of Jiangmen, 140 kilometers west of Hong Kong, in the Pearl River delta, and it is home to 1 million people. It also contains 95 islands and islets, including the largest island in Guangdong, the 98 km² Xiachuan Island (下川岛).

1 History

Taishan was founded as Xinning District (新寧縣) in the 12th year of the Hongzhi reign during the Ming Dynasty. In 1914, Xinning was renamed Taishan to avoid confusion with the Xinnings of Hunan and Sichuan. On April 17, 1992, Taishan's status was changed from county to city.

2 Administration

Taishan is under the juridiction of Jiangmen. In a jurisdiction of 3,286 km²Square kilometre (symbol km is an SI unit of surface area. It is one of the SI derived units. 1 km² is equal to: the area of a square measuring 1 kilometre on each side 1 000 000 m² 100 hectares 0. 386 102 square miles (statute) 247. 105 381 acres Convers, Taishan contains twenty townshipThe term township generally means the district or area associated with a town. However in some systems, especially in the U. no town need be involved, and indeed in the Scottish Highlands the term describes a very small agricultural community. Specific uss (镇), which are subdivided into 503 village residential committees (村居委会) and 3655 natural villages (自然村).

• Baisha (白沙镇)
• Beidou (北陡镇): separated from the other townships by Zhenhai Bay (镇海湾) inlet
• Chixi (赤溪镇)
• Dajiang (大江镇)
• Doushan (斗山镇)
• Duhu (都斛镇)
• Guanghai (广海镇)
• Haiyan (海宴镇): contains an overseas Chinese farm (华侨农场)
• Nafu (那扶镇)
• Duanfen (端芬镇)
• Sanba (三八镇)
• Sanhe (三合镇)
• Shangchuan (上川镇): islands; Tourism Open Integrated Experimental Zone (旅游开发综合试验区)
• Shenjing (深井镇)
• Shuibu (水步镇)
• Sijiu (四九镇)
• Taicheng (台城镇): contains downtown and the city seat
• Wencun (汶村镇)
• Xiachuan (下川镇): islands; Tourism Open Integrated Experimental Zone (旅游开发综合试验区)
• Zhonglou (冲蒌镇)

3 Demographics

Since 1774Events January 21 Mustafa III, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire dies and is succeeded by his brother Abd-ul-Hamid I. May 10 Louis XVI becomes King of France. June 2 Intolerable Acts: The Quartering Act, requiring American colonists to let British soldiers int, 1.3 million people living overseasOverseas Chinese ( in pinyin: huaqiao, or huabo, or qiaobo) are ethnic Chinese who live outside of Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, or Taiwan. There are approximately 60 million overseas Chinese mostly living in southeast Asia where they make up a majori trace their ancestry to Taishan, outnumbering those who live in Taishan. Among these are:

• Governor Gary LockeGary Locke (born January 21, 1950) is the current governor of Washington ( 1997-) and a member of the Democratic Party. He is the first Chinese American governor in the United States. His Chinese name is (Luo Jihui). As a third-generation Chinese American of WashingtonWashington is a state in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. It should not be confused with Washington, DC, the nation's capital. To avoid confusion, the state is often called Washington state . Although the state capital is Olympia, the largest c (ancestry in Shuibu Township)
• Governor General Adrienne Clarkson of Canada (in Sijiu)
• Former Prime Minister Julius Chan of Papua New Guinea (in Annanjiangchao Village(安南江潮村) of Duoshan)
• Magazine publisher Jack Yan of New Zealand.

In addition, many people from Taishan moved to the nearby Hong Kong, such as:

• Actor Tony Leung

The locals natively speak Taishanese, or sei yap (four counties), usually considered to be similar to Cantonese Chinese. Most locals can speak the nearby Hong Kong Cantonese as well. For many years, Taishanese was the dialect spoken North America's Chinatowns.