Enping
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and is part of the Siyi prefecture administered from Jiangmen
Jiangmen
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city.
Enping city is located in the south-west part of Guangdong province. It belongs to the Pearl River Delta region and is the point of intersection of Enping city is located in the south-west part of Guangdong province. It belongs to the Pearl River Delta region and is the point of intersection of central Guangdong and west Guangdong. It borders Kaiping to the Northeast and Yangjing to the southwest and it is adjacent to the South China Sea and close to Hong Kong and Macau with a distance of 180 sea miles and 110 respectively. The geographic location of Enping is excellent.
The total area of Enping is 1,698 square kilometer and the population is over 480,000. There are over 42,000 overseas Chinese and Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan fellowmen from Enping inhabiting in over 50 countries and regions of the world, making Enping the famous hometown in China for the overseas Chinese. 10 towns, 3 sub-district offices, 4 farms and stations and 174 village neighborhood committees are established in the city.
, there are 460,000 residents in Enping. Some of the earliest overseas Chinese
Overseas Chinese
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came from Enping. There are 420,000 overseas Chinese with ancestry in Enping in over 50 countries.
Enping is known for the many hot springs
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in its countryside.
It was made a county in 220 AD and upgraded to a county-level city in 1994.
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About 200000 have migrated to Venezuela(委内瑞拉). In fact, most of "Oversea Chineses" who are living in Venezuela come from Enping District. They moved there in several batches, among the two world wars and in the fifties and early sixties. However, the biggest influx really began in earnest following the end of the "Cultural Revolution" in the late 70's. The above figure cannot be confirmed with the Venezuelan official data. Most of these immigrants have become local citizens.