Cuiheng
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Cuiheng 翠亨新区 |
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Former residence of Dr. Sun Yat-sen in Cuiheng
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 Cuiheng
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| Coordinates: 22°26′40.80″N 113°32′12.25″E / 22.4446667°N 113.5367361°ECoordinates: 22°26′40.80″N 113°32′12.25″E / 22.4446667°N 113.5367361°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Guangdong |
| Prefecture-level city | Zhongshan |
| Town | Nanlang |
| Elevation | 2.7 m (9 ft) |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
| Area code(s) | 0760 |
Cuiheng (Chinese: 翠亨村; pinyin: Cuìhéngcūn) is a village of the town of Nanlang, Zhongshan Guangdong province, China. Cuiheng is best known as the birthplace of Dr Sun Yat-sen, the "Father of the Nation" of the Republic of China. Cuiheng is 17.6 kilometres (10.9 mi) southeast of downtown Zhongshan, and 26 km (16 mi) north of Macau. The whole village is designated a special economic district, as Cuiheng New Area.
The village was established in the latter half of the 17th century during the reign of Kangxi Emperor by the Feng and Mai families, who were later joined by the Yang and Lu (陸) families. The Lu surname became most numerous. At the time of Sun Yat-sen's birth in the 1860s, there were about sixty households with ten surnames. In addition to Sun, Lu Muzhen, Sun's first wife and Lu Haodong (1868–1895), an early revolutionary martyr, were also born in Cuiheng.
Cuiheng is administrated by Nanlang Township. For a time, Cuiheng village was elevated to the township level and became the town of Cuiheng Village (翠亨村镇). However, in 1998 it was downgraded and reintegrated inside the town of Nanlang. On 31 March 2013 Cuiheng was upgraded into a "New Area" and a co-operation pilot zone with Macau.
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