Yung-chun

Yangchun

Yangchun

County-level & Sub-prefectural city in Guangdong, People's Republic of China

Yangchun, alternately romanized as Yeungchun,[lower-alpha 1] is a county-level city in southwestern Guangdong, China, administered as a part of the prefecture-level city of Yangjiang. Yangchun has an area of 4,055 km2 (1,566 sq mi) and had approximately 1.05 million inhabitants in 2003.

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History

Under the Qing, Yangchun County made up part of the commandery of Zhaoqing.[1]

Administrative divisions

Yangchun (as Chunzhou) on the 1136 Yuji Tu

Yangchun is divided into the urban quarter Chuncheng (春城街道) and fifteen towns (镇).[4]

The municipalities are:

  • 河塱镇 Helang Town
  • 松柏镇 Songbai Town
  • 石望镇 Shiwang Town
  • 春湾镇 Chunwan Town
  • 合水镇 Heshui Town
  • 陂面镇 Baimian Town
  • 圭岗镇 Kyu Kong Town
  • 永宁镇 Yongning Town
  • 马水镇 Mashui Town
  • 岗美镇 Gangmei Town
  • 河口镇 Hekou Town
  • 潭水镇 Tanshui Town
  • 三甲镇 Sanjia Town
  • 双滘镇 Shuangjiao Town
  • 八甲镇 Bajia Town

Climate

More information Climate data for Yangchun (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010), Month ...

Notes

  1. Yangchun has also been romanized as Yang Chun,[1] Yung-chun,[2] and Yang-chuen.[3]

References

Citations

  1. [1]
    Bolton & al. (1941), p. 262.
  2. [2]
    Gützlaff, Charles (1838), China Opened, p. 527.
  3. [3]
    Baynes, T. S., ed. (1878), "China" , Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 5 (9th ed.), New York: Charles Scribner's Sons
  4. [4]
    阳春市 (in Simplified Chinese).
  5. [5]
    中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  6. [6]
    中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 28 May 2023.

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