Shunde
Shunde ( Chinese 順德 區 / 顺德 区 , Pinyin Shùndé qū ) is a municipality in the city of Foshan in the Chinese province of Guangdong . Outwardly, Shunde looks like an independent city, as there are extensive rural areas between the center of Shunde and the center of Chancheng , which is also the center of Foshan.
geography
Shunde is located in the south of the prefecture-level city of Foshan and borders on the Chancheng district in the north .
The climate in Shunde is subtropical and the average temperatures are between 13.1 ° C in January and 28.7 ° C in July. With a rainfall of 1,649.9 mm, it is one of the drier areas of Guangdong .
population
1.11 million people live in Shunde (2002). It is the hometown of many overseas Chinese.
Ethnic breakdown of the population of Shundes (2000)
At the 2000 census, Shunde had 1,694,152 residents.
| Name of the people | Residents | proportion of |
|---|---|---|
| Han | 1,661,262 | 98.06% |
| Zhuang | 18,759 | 1.11% |
| Tujia | 3,700 | 0.22% |
| Miao | 2,444 | 0.14% |
| Yao | 2,431 | 0.14% |
| Bouyei | 1,796 | 0.11% |
| Dong | 797 | 0.05% |
| Mongols | 477 | 0.03% |
| Bai | 387 | 0.02% |
| Hui | 313 | 0.02% |
| Manchu | 223 | 0.01% |
| Yi | 201 | 0.01% |
| She | 200 | 0.01% |
| Tibetans | 196 | 0.01% |
| Korean | 183 | 0.01% |
| ethnically not yet classified | 169 | 0.01% |
| Others | 614 | 0.04% |
economy
The GDP is 43.73 billion RMB (2002). Shunde is one of the richest administrative units at the county level in Guangdong and is one of the so-called four little dragons of Guangdong (together with Nanhai , Dongguan and Zhongshan ).
Since the reforms began in China, the economy - especially the electronics industry - has developed rapidly in Shunde. Some larger Chinese companies such as Rongsheng , Midea (美 的 Meidi) and Kelong have their headquarters here. Shunde is the main center of the furniture trade in China.
Administrative division
The former independent city of Shunde was dissolved on 8 December 2002 and in the district converted Shunde. It consists of four street districts and six large municipalities :
- Daliang Street District (大 良 街道);
- Leliu street district (勒流 街道);
- Lunjiao Street District (伦教 街道);
- Ronggui Street District (容桂 街道);
- Greater community Chencun (陈村镇);
- Greater community Jun'an (均安镇);
- Greater community Xingtan (杏坛镇);
- Greater community Long Jiang (龙江镇);
- Lecong Municipality (乐从镇);
- Greater community Beijiao (北滘镇).
Attractions
The Qinghui Garden (清 暉 園) is particularly worth seeing. There are also several temples and other gardens and parks. In one of them is the largest Pailou in the world.
Sons and daughters
- Cheng Yu-tung (1925-2016), Chinese entrepreneur
Web links
Coordinates: 22 ° 48 ' N , 113 ° 17' E