Kong Mun
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Jiangmen 江门市 |
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Clockwise from top right: Renshou Lu, Gudou Hotspring Resort, Xinhui Confucian Temple, Changdi Lu, & Jingtang Library
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 Location of Jiangmen in Guangdong |
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 Jiangmen
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| Coordinates: 22°34′N 113°04′E / 22.567°N 113.067°ECoordinates: 22°34′N 113°04′E / 22.567°N 113.067°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Guangdong |
| City Seat | Pengjiang District |
| Area | |
| • Prefecture-level city | 9,443 km2 (3,646 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1,692 km2 (653 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 17,573 km2 (6,785 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 10 m (30 ft) |
| Population (2010 census) | |
| • Prefecture-level city | 4,448,871 |
| • Density | 470/km2 (1,200/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1,822,640 |
| • Urban density | 1,100/km2 (2,800/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 44,449,738 |
| • Metro density | 2,500/km2 (6,600/sq mi) |
| Time zone | China Standard Time (UTC+8) |
| Postal code | 529000 |
| Area code(s) | 750 |
| License plate prefixes | 粤J |
| Website | http://www.jiangmen.gov.cn/ (Chinese) |
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"Jiangmen" in Chinese calligraphy
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| Postal | Kongmoon | ||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | River Gate | ||||||||||||||
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| Transcriptions | |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Jiāngmén |
| Wade–Giles | Chiang¹-men² |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | Gōngmùhn |
| Jyutping | Gong¹-mun⁴ |
Jiangmen, formerly romanized in Cantonese as Kongmoon, is a prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province in southern China. Its 3 urban districts are now part of the Guangzhou–Shenzhen conurbation and the entire prefecture had a population of about 4.45 million in 2010.
Jiangmen is the pinyin romanization of the Chinese name or , based on its pronunciation in the Mandarin dialect. Its former Wade-Giles spelling was Chiang-men. The Postal Map spelling "Kongmoon" was based upon the same name's Cantonese pronunciation Gong¹-mun⁴. Other forms of the name include Kong Moon,Kongmun, and Kiangmoon. The name is often the butt of local jokes, since both Jiangmen and or (gāngmén, "anus") are pronounced identically in Cantonese. This has led to proposals to change the name of the city, such as a 2009 campaign to rename it Qiáodū (t , s ), "Capital of the Overseas Chinese", in honor of the region's contributions to the Chinese diaspora.
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