Taishan
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county-level city in Jiangmen, Guangdong, China
Key facts
- Country
- China
- Province
- Guangdong
- Prefecture level city
- Jiangmen
- County level city
- 3,286.3 km (1,268.8 sq mi)
- Urban
- 156.8 km (60.5 sq mi)
- Density
- 276.01/km (714.86/sq mi)
- Demonym
- Taishanese
- Time zone
- UTC+8 ( China Standard )
- Postal code
- 529200–529267
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- 新宁县
- Population
- 907744
- Area
- 3284.83
- Official website
- www.cnts.gov.cn
- Image
- Taishan, Jiangmen, Guangdong, China - panoramio (8).jpg
- Dialing code
- 750
- Licence plate code
- 粤J
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- Taishan, Guangdong
- postal code
- 529200
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Article
Taishan (Chinese: 台山; pinyin: Táishān), or Toisan (Jyutping: Toi4saan1), is a county-level city in the southwest of Guangdong province, China. It is administered as part of the prefecture-level city of Jiangmen. During the 2020 census, there were 907,354 inhabitants (941,095 in 2010), but only 433,266 were considered urban. As one of the most renowned qiao'xiangs, Taishan calls itself the "First Home of the Overseas Chinese". An estimated half a million Chinese Americans are of Taishanese descent.
It was named Xinning (新寧) until 1914, which was romanised as "Sunning".