Nanxiong
Sign in to saveNanxiong (), historically Namyung, Namhung, and Nanhsiung, is a county-level city of northern Guangdong province, People's Republic of China, bordering Jiangxi to the north, east and southeast. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Shaoguan. [[File:Nieuhof-Ambassade-vers-la-Chine-1665_0835.tif|upright=1.35|thumb|"Namhung" (Nanxiong). Nieuhof: ''L'ambassade de la Compagnie Orientale des Provinces Unies vers l'Empereur de la Chine'', 1665
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Nanxiong
- Settlement.other_name
- Namyung
- Settlement.postal_code_type
- Postal code
- Settlement.settlement_type
- County-level & Sub-prefectural city
- Settlement.image_skyline
- 南雄三影塔广场.jpg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of the county
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- China Guangdong
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Guangdong
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- People's Republic of China
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Guangdong
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Prefecture-level city
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Shaoguan
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 2361.4
- Settlement.population_total
- 353,916
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2020
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- county-level city
- Official name
- 南雄市
- Country
- China
- Located in
- Shaoguan
- Population
- 353916
- Area
- 2326.18
- Time zone
- UTC+08:00
- Official website
- www.gdnx.gov.cn
- Image
- Nanxiong Fucheng Zhengnan Men 2014.01.12 09-33-37.jpg
- Dialing code
- 751
- Licence plate code
- 粤F
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- postal code
- 512400
- Commons category
- Nanxiong City
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Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- Fossils
- Climate
- References
Nanxiong (), historically Namyung, Namhung, and Nanhsiung, is a county-level city of northern Guangdong province, People's Republic of China, bordering Jiangxi to the north, east and southeast. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Shaoguan. upright=1.35|thumb|"Namhung" (Nanxiong). Nieuhof: ''L'ambassade de la Compagnie Orientale des Provinces Unies vers l'Empereur de la Chine, 1665
== Fossils == Fossils of Planocrania datangensis'', the type genus and species of Planocraniidae, a family of terrestrial eusuchian crocodylomorphs. Colloquially known as the "Hoved Crocodiles" was found in the city in 1976.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nanxiong” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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