Xiaolan Town
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Xiaolan 小榄镇 |
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| Country | China |
| Province | Guangdong |
| Prefecture | Zhongshan |
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| • Total | 75.4 km2 (29.1 sq mi) |
| Population | 157.000 |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
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| Traditional Chinese | 小欖 | ||||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 小榄 | ||||||||||||
| Postal | Siulam | ||||||||||||
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Xǐaolǎn |
| Wade–Giles | Hsiao3-lan3 |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Jyutping | Siu2 Laam5 |
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Xiaolan (simplified Chinese: 小榄镇; traditional Chinese: 小欖鎮; pinyin: Xǐaolǎn Zhèn; Jyutping: Siu2 Laam5 Jan3) is a small town situated at the northwest periphery of the city of Zhongshan, Guangdong Province, China.
The population of Xiaolan Town is of an estimation of 150,000 permanent residents and 100,000 temporary residents. The total area of the town is 71 square kilometres (27 sq mi). Xiaolan Town has a balanced environment on both industrial development and tourism.
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Agriculture is the main type of primary industry found in Xiaolan Town. The bloom and specified horticulture of Chrysanthemum makes the town a famous name “the City of chrysnathemum”. A grand fair on the blossom of the chrysanthemum was held on November 23, 2003 and over 40,000 pots of chrysanthemum in different species were exhibited. The grand fair was held in every 60 years as a local tradition.
Xiaolan Town is dubbed “Lock City of the South” as well as “Electronic Acoustic Industrial Base” in China. The two industries are the pillar industries of Xiaolan.
Xiaolan controls 23% of the national market share. Indeed, there are production lines of such famous brands as Vantage gas stoves, Guli locks and St. Allen nail clippers in Xiaolan. Over 30% of manufacturing enterprises in Xiaolan are engaged in locks and hardware production. Such production accounted for nearly 50% of the total industrial outputs of Xiaolan and employed more than 30,000 people in 2002. The success of Xiaolan in this sector brought it an unprecedented honour of being certified as the critical hardware industrial base by China National Hardware Association in 2002.
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