Where is Zhongshan?

Zhongshan is a prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province and the hometown of Dr. Sun Yat-sen..

Zhongshan City, known as Xiangshan in ancient times, was named after "Fairy Flowers Everywhere". ? In the 22nd year of Shaoxing in the Southern Song Dynasty (1 152), at the suggestion of Chen Tianjue, a scholar, Dongguan County ordered Yao Xiaozi to set up Xiangshan County, and changed the town to a county, which was subordinate to Guangzhou.

19 1 1 year, the revolution of 1911 broke out and won. 192 1 On May 5, 2000, the National Government of the Republic of China was established in Guangzhou, and Sun Yat-sen became the president, announcing the beginning of the military and political period and improving political institutions at all levels. 1925 In March, Sun Yat-sen died in Beijing. On April 15, Xiangshan County was renamed Zhongshan County to commemorate Sun Yat-sen.1983 65438+In February, Zhongshan was allowed to change from county to city, and 1988 65438+ 10 was upgraded to a prefecture-level city.

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Zhongshan City is located in the south-central part of Guangdong Province, which is the downstream of the south-central part of the Pearl River Delta and the place where the Beijiang River flows into the sea. It is connected with Panyu District of Guangzhou City and Shunde District of Foshan City in the north, Jiangmen City, Xinhui District and Doumen District of Zhuhai City in the west, Zhuhai City in the southeast, Lingdingyang in the Pearl River Estuary in the east and Shenzhen City and Hong Kong Special Administrative Region across the river.

The whole territory lies between 2211'and 22 47' north latitude and113 09' ~13 46' east longitude. Administrative jurisdiction area 1800. 14 square kilometers. The urban land is 86 kilometers north of Guangzhou, 65 kilometers southeast of Macau, and 52 nautical miles from zhongshan port waterway to Hongkong. The municipal government is located at Songyuan Road 1 in the East District.

The language situation in Zhongshan City is complicated, mainly using Chinese dialects, including Cantonese, Min dialect and Hakka dialect. Among them, the number of people who use Cantonese is the largest. ? The flower in Zhongshan is chrysanthemum.

Zhongshan Municipal People's Government-Overview of Zhongshan City