Heshan
| City of Heshan | |
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| Province : | Guangdong |
| District-free city : | Jiangmen |
| Residents : | 360,000 (2002) |
| Postal code : | 529711 |
| Area code : | 0750 |
| License plate : | 粤 J |
| Area : | 1,108 km² |
| Population density : | 324.91 inhabitants / km² |
| Website: | www.Heshan.gov.cn |
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Heshan ( Chinese 鶴山 市 / 鹤山 市 , Pinyin Hèshān Shì , Jyutping Hok 6 saan 1 Si 5 - " Crane Mountain ") is an independent city in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong .
geography
It is located a little west of the estuary of the Pearl River , a few kilometers from the West River , which grazes the city in the northeast. The surface shape of the city of Heshan is flat in the north-eastern part, the center, south and west are hilly.
The climate is subtropical to tropical ; the average January temperature is 13 ° C, the average July temperature around 28 ° C. The annual rainfall is around 1800 mm.
economy
The city's GDP is around 21,300 RMB annually (as of 2002), which is well above the provincial average of 15,600 RMB.
Heshan has resources of lead , zinc , copper , phosphorus and marl . The territory of Heshan is relatively densely forested, in addition to wood, numerous plants that are important for traditional Chinese medicine are obtained from the forests .
In Guangdong, Heshan City is an important food producer. In addition to rice , peanuts , tea , tobacco , sugar cane , jute , fruits and vegetables are grown.
The manufacture of food, machinery, textiles and building materials are of great importance to the city's industry. Important products are cement and other building materials, textiles (among other things, Heshan is one of the most important producers of woolen blankets in Asia), paper, printed matter, electrical appliances and products from the chemical industry.
administration
The county-level city of Heshan is part of the prefecture-level city of Jiangmen . Neighboring are Gaoming in the north, Xinxing in the west, Kaiping in the southwest, Xinhui and Jiangmen in the southeast, and Nanhai in the east. The city is made up of eleven large municipalities:
- Large Community Shaping (沙坪镇);
- Greater community Yayao (雅瑶镇);
- Greater community Gonghe (共和镇);
- Greater community Taoyuan (桃源镇);
- Greater community Zhishan (址山镇);
- Greater community Yunxiang (云乡镇);
- Hecheng Municipality (鹤 城镇);
- Greater community Zhaiwu (宅梧镇);
- Greater community Shuanghe (双合镇);
- Greater community Longkou (龙口镇);
- Greater community Gulao (古劳镇).
traffic
Heshan lies on the one hand on the Guangzhou - Foshan - Kaiping motorway and is the starting point of a branch motorway towards Jiangmen . The important national road 325 runs parallel to this. Heshan has no railway connection and the port on the west river is of secondary importance.
Coordinates: 22 ° 40 ' N , 112 ° 46' E