Yangjiang
Sign in to saveYangjiang (), alternately romanized via Cantonese as Yeungkong, is a prefecture-level city in southwestern Guangdong Province in the People's Republic of China. It borders Maoming to the west, Yunfu to the north, Jiangmen to the east, and looks out to the South China Sea to the south. The local dialect is the Gaoyang dialect, a branch of Yue Chinese. During the 2020 census, its population was 2,602,959 inhabitants of whom 1,292,987 lived in the built-up (or metro) and largely urbanized area comprising Jiangcheng District and Yangdong District.
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- Yangjiang
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- 阳江市
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- Yeungkong
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- Prefecture-level city
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- Yangjiang Hailing Dao Dajiao Wan 2013.09.15 08-51-25.jpg
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- Hailing Island in Yangjiang
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- Location of Yangjiang City jurisdiction in Guangdong
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- China
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- Location in China
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- Country
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- People's Republic of China
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- Province
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- Guangdong
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- 4
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- Township divisions
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Yangjiang (), alternately romanized via Cantonese as Yeungkong, is a prefecture-level city in southwestern Guangdong Province in the People's Republic of China. It borders Maoming to the west, Yunfu to the north, Jiangmen to the east, and looks out to the South China Sea to the south. The local dialect is the Gaoyang dialect, a branch of Yue Chinese. During the 2020 census, its population was 2,602,959 inhabitants of whom 1,292,987 lived in the built-up (or metro) and largely urbanized area comprising Jiangcheng District and Yangdong District.
==History== Under the Qing, made up part of the commandery of Zhaoqing. It was later split off as a separate prefecture in its own right.