Wednesday, February 7, 2007

China (CN) Guangdong Province Jiangmen Region

Jiangmen Region (江门市 Jiāngmén-shì)

Summary

Jiangmen is a major city with a population of 1 000 000. The major towns of Sanhe (55 000) and Siqian (35 000) in Xinhui District, and Duruan (22 000), Tangxia (22 000), and Hetang (20 000) in Pengjiang District are in the Jiangmen metropolitan area. The city of Kaiping (200 000) and the major towns of Enping (90 000), Heshan (90 000), and Taishan (80 000) are county seats in the region. A major town, an unidentified urban area 6 km NE of Heshan (35 000) in Heshan Metropolitan County, is also in the region.

Detailed Analysis

Jiangmen Region contains the Jiangmen metropolitan area and 4 metropolitan counties. Its area is 9 443 km² and its population is 3 956 827.

The Jiangmen metropolitan area has an area of 1 692 km² and a population of 1 468 742. Jiangmen proper has a population of 326 449 in 7 street committees. The 2000 Census gives a population of 795 472 with suburbs. The 1982 Census gives a population of 216 097 in 128 km² for Jiangmen city, suggesting about 150 000 in the urban area. This gives a high long-run growth rate. Using a more reasonable 6% gives a 2004 estimated population of 1 000 000 corresponding to the measured area of 69 km².

Jianghai District (江海区 Jiānghǎi-) 107 km²

3 street committees of Jiangmen, 2 urban townships (189 024): 江南街道 37610 窖头街道 17366 窖北街道 9911 外海镇 59471 礼乐镇 64666

Lile (
礼乐 ) and Waihai (外海 Wàihǎi) are suburbs of Jiangmen.

Pengjiang District (蓬江区 Péngjiāng-) 325 km²

4 street committees of Jiangmen, 2 urban townships (347 293):
仓后街道 60842 沙仔尾街道 91576 堤东街道 64126 北街街道 45018 环市镇 68303 潮连镇 17428

On June 22, 2002, Jianghai District annexed part of Xinhui Metropolitan County. The corrected 2000 Census population is 353 809.

Huanshi (环市 Huánshì) is a suburb of Jiangmen.

Hetang (
荷塘 táng), listed under Xinhui District, has an area of 3.1 km² and an estimated population of 20 000.

Tangxia (棠下 Tángxià), listed under Xinhui District, has an area of 2.1 km² and an estimated population of 22 000.

Duruan (杜阮 ruǎn), listed under Xinhui District, has an area of 1.9 km² and an estimated population of 22 000.

Chaolian (
潮连 Cháolián) has an area of 1.0 km² and an estimated population of 12 000.

Xinhui District (新会区 Xīnhuì-) 1 260 km²

18 urban townships (932 425):
会城镇 276853 大泽镇 42316 七堡镇 12333 司前镇 71846 牛湾镇 9017 罗坑镇 25435 小冈镇 23275 双水镇 69838 崖西镇 29634 崖南镇 11971 沙堆镇 33260 古井镇 40872 三江镇 45612 睦洲镇 41251 大鳌镇 34127 荷塘镇 49530 棠下镇 62770 杜阮镇 52485

On June 22, 2002, Xinhui Metropolitan County was annexed by the Jiangmen metropolitan area and was divided between Pengjiang District and Xinhui District. The corrected 2000 Census population is 767 640.

Huicheng (
会城 Huìchéng) is a suburb of Jiangmen.

Siqian (司前 qián) has an area of 2.9 km² and an estimated population of 35 000.

Gujing (
古井 jǐng) has an area of 1.6 km² and an estimated population of 19 000.

Sanjiang (
三江 Sānjiāng) has an area of 1.6 km² and an estimated population of 19 000.

Shuangshui (
双水 Shuāngshuǐ) has an area of 1.6 km² and an estimated population of 19 000.

Muzhou (
睦洲 zhōu) has an area of 1.0 km² and an estimated population of 12 000.

Sanhe (三和 Sān) is in Huicheng urban township and has an area of 4.8 km² and an estimated population of 55 000.

Enping Metropolitan County (
恩平市 Ēnpíng-shì) 1 698 km²

15 urban townships, 3 special urban townships (464 898):
横陂镇 24879 圣堂镇 27500 良西镇 21120 沙湖镇 61641 牛江镇 24502 君堂镇 36508 大田镇 17854 那吉镇 16622 大槐镇 14965 东成镇 15679 恩城镇 99659 洪镇 11065 朗底镇 9039 江洲镇 13432 恩侨镇 5062 江南虚拟镇 18191 平石虚拟镇 30852 东安虚拟镇 16328

Enping is in Encheng urban township (
恩城 Ēnchéng) and has an area of 9.0 km² and an estimated population of 90 000.

Heshan Metropolitan County (
鹤山市 shān-shì) 1 108 km²

12 urban townships (405 779):
沙坪镇 143888 龙口镇 35888 雅瑶镇 35236 古劳镇 32148 桃源镇 24333 鹤城镇 29649 共和镇 23929 址山镇 26541 宅梧镇 32354 云乡镇 4315 双合镇 9798 合成镇 7700

Heshan is in Shaping urban township (
沙坪 Shāpíng) and has an area of 9.0 km² and an estimated population of 90 000. In addition, an unidentified urban area 6 km NE of Heshan in Shaping urban township has an area of 3.6 km² and an estimated population of 35 000.

Kaiping Metropolitan County (开平市 Kāipíng-shì) 1 659 km²

3 street committees of Kaiping, 15 urban townships (668 692):
三埠区街道 145900 长沙区街道 84558 沙冈区街道 36542 水井镇 5262 月山镇 36071 水口镇 35735 沙塘镇 28371 苍城镇 31114 龙胜镇 31681 大沙镇 27335 马冈镇 36914 塘口镇 26065 赤坎镇 45525 百合镇 23664 蚬冈镇 16700 金鸡镇 19546 赤水镇 27029 东山镇 10680

Kaiping (267 000)
has an area of 13.5 km² and an estimated population of 200 000.

Shuikou (
水口 Shuǐkǒu) has an area of 1.7 km² and an estimated population of 12 000.

Xiangang (
蚬冈 Xiǎngāng) has an area of 1.3 km² and an estimated population of 9 000.

Cangcheng (
苍城 Cāngchéng) has an area of 1.1 km² and an estimated population of 7 500.

Chikan (
赤坎 Chìkǎn) has an area of 1.0 km² and an estimated population of 7 000.

Taishan Metropolitan County (
台山市 Táishān-shì) 3 286 km²

28 urban townships (948 716):
台城镇 139858 公益镇 16267 大江镇 39939 水步镇 44853 附城镇 50982 四九镇 39996 三八镇 30639 白沙镇 37453 三合镇 42475 冲蒌镇 39924 斗山镇 51288 都斛镇 45438 赤溪镇 12031 田头镇 16306 端芬镇 45299 广海镇 34519 隆文镇 8236 沙栏镇 14648 海宴镇 58940 汶村镇 49644 深井镇 27307 那扶镇 21841 北陡镇 28424 上川镇 16655 下川镇 15182 南湾镇 9303 横山镇 4846 海侨镇 6423

Taishan is in Taicheng urban township (
台城 Táichéng) and has an area of 7.4 km² and an estimated population of 80 000.

Guanghai (
广海 Guǎnghǎi) has an area of 1.6 km² and an estimated population of 11 000.

Gongyi (
公益 Gōngyì) has an area of 1.0 km² and an estimated population of 7 500.

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