Yangchun

Yangchun 阳春市
County-level city
Yangchun Location of the county
Coordinates: 22°10′30″N 111°47′30″E / 22.17500°N 111.79167°E / 22.17500; 111.79167Coordinates: 22°10′30″N 111°47′30″E / 22.17500°N 111.79167°E / 22.17500; 111.79167
Country	China
Province	Guangdong
Prefecture-level city	Yangjiang
Area
• Total	4,055 km2 (1,566 sq mi)
Population (2010 census)
• Total	849,504
• Density	210/km2 (540/sq mi)
Time zone	China Standard (UTC+8)
Postal code	529600
Area code(s)	662
Vehicle registration	粤 Q
Licence plates	粤QX, 粤QY
Website	Official website

Yangchun
Traditional Chinese	陽春
Simplified Chinese	阳春
Postal	Yeungchun
Literal meaning	Sunny Spring Yang Spring
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Yángchūn Wade–Giles Yang-ch‘un Yue: Cantonese Jyutping joeng4ceon1

Yangchun, formerly romanized as Yeungchun,^{[lower-alpha 1]} Yung-chun,^[1] and Yang-chuen.^[2]</ref> is a county-level city in southwestern Guangdong, China, administered as a part of the prefecture-level city of Yangjiang. Yangchun has an area of 4,055 km² (1,566 sq mi) and had approximately 1.05 million inhabitants in 2003.

History

Under the Qing, Yangchun County made up part of the commandery of Zhaoqing.^[3]

Administrative divisions

Yangchun (as Chunzhou) on the 1136 Yuji Tu

Yangchun is divided into the urban quarter Chuncheng (春城街道) and fifteen towns (镇).^[4]

The municipalities are:

• 河塱镇 Helang Town
• 松柏镇 Songbai Town
• 石望镇 Shiwang Town
• 春湾镇 Chunwan Town
• 合水镇 Heshui Town
• 陂面镇 Baimian Town
• 圭岗镇 Kyu Kong Town
• 永宁镇 Yongning Town
• 马水镇 Mashui Town
• 岗美镇 Gangmei Town
• 河口镇 Hekou Town
• 潭水镇 Tanshui Town
• 三甲镇 Sanjia Town
• 双滘镇 Shuangjiao Town
• 八甲镇 Bajia Town

Notes

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Citations

Bibliography

• "阳春市概况地图 (Yangchun overview map)". 
• Bolton, Kingsley; et al. (1941), Triad Societies, Vol. 5, Abingdon: Routledge , reprinted 2000.