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County-level city in Guangdong, China, known for hot springs From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Enping, alternately romanized as Yanping,[lower-alpha 1] is a county-level city in Guangdong province, China, administered as part of the prefecture-level city of Jiangmen.
Enping
恩平市 Yanping | |
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Coordinates: 22°11′N 112°18′E | |
Country: | People's Republic of China |
Province | Guangdong |
Prefecture-level city | Jiangmen |
Area | |
• Total | 1,698 km2 (656 sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Enping | |||||||||||
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Chinese | 恩平 | ||||||||||
Postal | Yanping | ||||||||||
Literal meaning | Mercifully Pacified | ||||||||||
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Enping administers an area of 1,698 km2 (656 sq mi) and had an estimated population of 460,000 in 2005. Its diaspora accounts for around 420,000 overseas Chinese, particularly in the Americas.[citation needed] The area around Enping is known for its many hot springs.
Enping is located in southwest Guangdong, at the western edge of the Pearl River Delta and beside the South China Sea. Enping borders Kaiping to the northeast and Yangjing to the southwest.
Enping County was established in AD 220. Under the Qing, it made up part of the commandery of Zhaoqing[1] and was one of the Four Counties responsible for much of the early Chinese diaspora from Guangdong in the 19th century. Many overseas Chinese trace their ancestry to Enping, particularly among the Chinese in Venezuela. Migrants from Enping and their families make up about 200,000 of the country's estimated 400,000 Chinese. Emigration to Venezuela occurred primarily in the decades including and following the World Wars, with the largest batch leaving at the end of the Cultural Revolution in the late 1970s. Enping was made a county-level city in 1994. The Enping financial crisis later in the decade led to a massive scandal and the loss of financial services in the city.
Enping comprises 10 towns, 3 sub-district offices, 4 farms and stations, and 174 village neighborhood committees.
Name | Chinese (S) | Hanyu Pinyin | Population (2010)[5] |
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Encheng Subdistrict | 恩城街道 | Ēnchéng Jiēdào | 197,788 |
Hengbei town | 横陂镇 | Héngbēi Zhèn | 31,694 |
Shengtang town | 圣堂镇 | Shèngtáng Zhèn | 25,038 |
Liangxi town | 良西镇 | Liángxī Zhèn | 20,091 |
Shahu town | 沙湖镇 | Shāhú Zhèn | 56,217 |
Niujiang town | 牛江镇 | Niújiāng Zhèn | 23,430 |
Juntang town | 君堂镇 | Jūntáng Zhèn | 46,475 |
Datian town | 大田镇 | Dàtián Zhèn | 27,943 |
Naji town | 那吉镇 | Nàjí Zhèn | 19,384 |
Dahuai town | 大槐镇 | Dàhuái Zhèn | 18,625 |
Dongcheng town | 东成镇 | Dōngchéng Zhèn | 26,129 |
Climate data for Enping (1991–2013 normals, extremes 1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 28.5 (83.3) |
31.1 (88.0) |
30.3 (86.5) |
34.7 (94.5) |
34.9 (94.8) |
37.1 (98.8) |
39.2 (102.6) |
37.8 (100.0) |
36.5 (97.7) |
35.5 (95.9) |
33.5 (92.3) |
29.8 (85.6) |
39.2 (102.6) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 19.0 (66.2) |
20.5 (68.9) |
22.7 (72.9) |
26.7 (80.1) |
30.3 (86.5) |
31.8 (89.2) |
32.9 (91.2) |
33.0 (91.4) |
31.7 (89.1) |
29.3 (84.7) |
25.6 (78.1) |
21.2 (70.2) |
27.1 (80.7) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 14.7 (58.5) |
16.3 (61.3) |
18.9 (66.0) |
23.0 (73.4) |
26.2 (79.2) |
27.8 (82.0) |
28.5 (83.3) |
28.4 (83.1) |
27.3 (81.1) |
24.8 (76.6) |
20.8 (69.4) |
16.6 (61.9) |
22.8 (73.0) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 11.9 (53.4) |
13.7 (56.7) |
16.4 (61.5) |
20.6 (69.1) |
23.5 (74.3) |
25.2 (77.4) |
25.7 (78.3) |
25.6 (78.1) |
24.4 (75.9) |
21.7 (71.1) |
17.6 (63.7) |
13.4 (56.1) |
20.0 (68.0) |
Record low °C (°F) | 4.2 (39.6) |
5.0 (41.0) |
6.9 (44.4) |
10.6 (51.1) |
17.9 (64.2) |
20.8 (69.4) |
23.3 (73.9) |
22.4 (72.3) |
20.0 (68.0) |
14.7 (58.5) |
7.2 (45.0) |
3.4 (38.1) |
3.4 (38.1) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 57.4 (2.26) |
63.5 (2.50) |
98.3 (3.87) |
244.5 (9.63) |
383.2 (15.09) |
513.5 (20.22) |
375.1 (14.77) |
370.3 (14.58) |
264.2 (10.40) |
85.6 (3.37) |
47.3 (1.86) |
37.5 (1.48) |
2,540.4 (100.03) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 8.2 | 11.2 | 16.2 | 15.7 | 19.3 | 22.1 | 20.3 | 18.2 | 14.2 | 6.5 | 5.9 | 5.6 | 163.4 |
Average relative humidity (%) | 74 | 80 | 84 | 85 | 84 | 86 | 84 | 84 | 81 | 73 | 70 | 69 | 80 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 105.8 | 79.3 | 61.7 | 79.6 | 125.9 | 150.2 | 189.7 | 175.8 | 163.1 | 179.5 | 153.7 | 137.3 | 1,601.6 |
Percent possible sunshine | 31 | 25 | 17 | 21 | 31 | 37 | 46 | 44 | 45 | 50 | 47 | 41 | 36 |
Source: China Meteorological Administration[6][7] |
Enping is a part of the Greater Taishan Region or Sze Yap Region, which includes Kaiping, Xinhui, Enping and Taishan.