Xinyi, Guangdong

Xinyi
信宜市
County-level city
Xinyi
Location in Guangdong
Coordinates: 22°21′N 110°57′E / 22.350°N 110.950°E / 22.350; 110.950Coordinates: 22°21′N 110°57′E / 22.350°N 110.950°E / 22.350; 110.950
Country People's Republic of China
Province Guangdong
Prefecture-level city Maoming
Area
  Total 3,081 km2 (1,190 sq mi)
Population (2010 census) 913,708
Time zone UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code 525300
Area code(s) (+86) 668
Vehicle registration 粤 K
Website http://www.xinyi.gov.cn/
Xinyi
Chinese 信宜
Postal Sunyi

Xinyi, formerly romanized as Sunyi,[lower-alpha 1] is a county-level city in Guangdong Province, China. It is administered as part of the prefecture-level city of Maoming in the southwestern corner of the province.[2] It has a population of 913,708 people.

A famous hometown of Hong Kong residents and overseas Chinese:

According to Gazzette of Xin yi ( published in 1994, Guangdong People's publishing house ) City of Xin yi is hometown of approximately 500,000 Hong Kong residents and overseas Chinese. About eighty per cent of Xin yi residents diaspora inhabite in nowadays Malaysia.

History

Under the Qing, Xinyi County formed part of the commandery of Gaozhou.[1] After the Chinese Civil War, it was reörganized under Maoming.

Transportation

Schools

Xinyi Middle School, the first county school in Xinyi District, was set up in 1916. It is now a national-level model high school.

Districts

Climate

Notes

  1. Xinyi was also formerly romanized Sin-e.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Gützlaff, Charles, China Opened, p. 527 .
  2. F_127. "China's army aviation airdrop necessities to disaster-stricken Xinyi, Guangdong - People's Daily Online". english.peopledaily.com.cn. Retrieved 19 April 2018.


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