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Prior to the name change, it was called Xiangshan County (香山縣 "Fragrant Mountain") and was part of Yuehai Circuit (粵海道).
Primary productions are agricultural, such as rice, lychee, banana, and sugar cane.
It contains 24 towns, five district offices and a development zone.
Zhongshan Torch High-Tech Industrial Development Zone (中山火炬高技术产业开发区) was established in 1987. Since 2001, it has contained Zhongshan Electronic Base of China (中国电子中山基地).
Zhongshan was a stateThis article discusses states as sovereign political entities. For other meanings, see state (disambiguation). In international law and international relations, a state is a political entity possessing sovereignty, i. not being subject to any higher polit in the Zhou DynastyAlternative meaning: Zhou Dynasty (690 CE 705 CE The Zhou Dynasty (; Wade-Giles: Chou Dynasty (late 10th century BC to late 9th century BC 256 BC) followed the Shang (Yin) Dynasty and preceded the Qin Dynasty in China. In the Chinese historical tradition, located in modern Ding County (定縣), Hebei Province. See State of ZhongshanZhongshan was a state in the Zhou Dynasty located in modern Ding County , Hebei Province. It first came under the protection of the State of Wei during the Warring States Period and later regained its independence for years. It was eventually absorbed int
In a Chinese legend, Zhongshan was a tavern where Liu Yuanshi (劉元石) drank and never woke up. Thinking that he was dead, Liu's family buried him. However, a thousand days later, when the bartender came visiting the Liu family, Liu Yuanshi awoke from his coffin.
Zhongshan is also the name of a district of Taipei, also named after Sun Yat-sen. See: Zhongshan, Taipei