Yangjiang, Guangdong Province, China
🇨🇳 Yangjiang, alternately Yeungkong, is a prefecture-level city in south-western 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. The built-up (or metro) and largely urbanised area comprises Jiangcheng District and Yangdong County.
History Under the Qing, Yangjiang County made up part of the commandery of Zhaoqing. It was later split off as a separate prefecture in its own right.
Geography The city is named for the Moyang River.
The city was hit by a magnitude 5.9 earthquake on July 25, 1969 which killed over 3,000 people. The area is known for its relatively high levels of natural background radiation.
Administration The prefecture-level city of Yangjiang administers 4 county-level divisions, including 2 districts, 1 county-level city and 1 counties.
Economy and culture Yangjiang is the base of Yangjiang Shibazi, a knife manufacturer. The Yangjiang Group artist collective is based in the city, and its members' work is largely inspired by the locality.
Yangjiang is home to six nuclear reactors, the largest nuclear power station in China.
Yangjiang, Guangdong Province, China
Yangjiang has a population of over 1,292,987 people. Yangjiang also forms the centre of the wider Yangjiang prefecture which has a population of over 2,602,959 people.
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Twin Towns - Sister Cities Yangjiang has links with:
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🇲🇽 Aguascalientes 21.882
🇨🇺 Sancti Spíritus 21.933
🇲🇽 Jesús María 21.967
🇹🇨 Providenciales 21.767
🇻🇳 Thái Nguyên 21.551
Locations Near: Yangjiang 111.983,21.857
🇨🇳 Haiyan 112.55,21.817 d: 58.7
🇨🇳 Taicheng 112.767,22.25 d: 91.9
🇨🇳 Kaiping 112.698,22.377 d: 93.7
🇨🇳 Taishan 112.794,22.252 d: 94.4
🇨🇳 Yuncheng 112.044,22.928 d: 119.3
🇨🇳 Maoming 110.925,21.663 d: 111.4
🇨🇳 Yunfu 112.031,22.934 d: 119.9
🇨🇳 Guangning 112.45,23.05 d: 141.1
Antipodal to: Yangjiang -68.017,-21.857
🇨🇱 Calama -68.933,-22.467 d: 19898.9
🇨🇱 Iquique -70.15,-20.217 d: 19728.3
🇧🇴 Tarija -64.733,-21.533 d: 19673.9
🇦🇷 San Salvador de Jujuy -65.309,-24.18 d: 19636.2
🇦🇷 San Ramón de la Nueva Orán -64.333,-23.133 d: 19610.9
🇦🇷 Salta -65.409,-24.79 d: 19594.1
🇧🇴 Sucre -65.263,-19.043 d: 19590.6
🇨🇱 Arica -70.317,-18.467 d: 19568.2