Xinxing County

Xinxing County
新兴县
County
Xinxing
Location of the seat in Guangdong
Coordinates: 22°41′46″N 112°13′30″E / 22.696°N 112.225°E / 22.696; 112.225Coordinates: 22°41′46″N 112°13′30″E / 22.696°N 112.225°E / 22.696; 112.225
Country People's Republic of China
Province Guangdong
Prefecture-level city Yunfu
Population (2010) 428,410
Time zone UTC+8 (China Standard)
Xinxing County
Traditional Chinese 新興
Simplified Chinese 新兴
Postal Sunhing
Literal meaning Newly Flourishing

Xinxing County, formerly romanized as Sunhing,[lower-alpha 1] is a county of the prefecture-level city of Yunfu in the west of Guangdong province, China.

History

Under the Qing, Xinxing County was administered as part of the commandery of Zhaoqing.[1]

Climate

Notes

  1. The Postal Map spelling was based on Xinxing's Cantonese pronunciation. Xinxing has also been romanized as Sin Hing,[1] Sin-hing,[2] and Sih-ching.[3]

References

Citations

  1. 1 2 Bolton & al. (1941), p. 262.
  2. Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed. (1878), Vol. V, "China".
  3. Gützlaff, Charles, China Opened, p. 527 .

Bibliography

  • Bolton, Kingsley; et al. (1941), Triad Societies, Vol. 5, Abingdon: Routledge , reprinted 2000.
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