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Chikan, Kaiping
Chikan
赤坎 | |
|---|---|
Town | |
.jpg) Chikan Dixi Lu riverfront with Qilous dating from the early 20th century | |
| Etymology: Red Coloured Soil[1] | |
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| Coordinates: 22°19′24″N 112°35′01″E / 22.32333°N 112.58361°E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Guangdong |
| Prefecture | Jiangmen |
| County | Kaiping |
| Area | |
• Town | 61.4 km2 (23.7 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 5 km2 (2 sq mi) |
| Population (2013) | |
• Town | 46,000[2] |
Chikan (Chinese: 赤坎; pinyin: Chìkǎn; Jyutping: cek3 ham2; Taishanese: cok4 ham1) is a town in Kaiping (開平), Jiangmen, Guangdong Province, China. It is officially designated as a National Historic and Cultural Town of China (中国历史文化名镇). Historically it was a regional maritime hub, center for emigration, emigrant market town,[3] and the administrative centre of Kaiping.[4][5]
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- ^ "开平市赤坎镇简介". kaiping.gov.cn. Archived from the original on 2013-01-30. Retrieved 2015-10-07.
- ^ Woon, Yuen-fong (1984). Social organization in South China, 1911-1949: the case of the Kuan lineage in K'ai-p'ing county. Ann Arbor, MI: Center for Chinese Studies, University of Michigan. pp. chapters 4 and 5. ISBN 978-0-89264-051-5.
- ^ "30IJ80". sina.com.cn.
- ^ "The ancient wharf and movie set of Chikan, Guangdong". Travel Cathay.
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