Yangjiang, also romanized via Cantonese as Yeungkong, is a prefecture-level city in southwestern Guangdong Province, China, bordering Maoming to the west, Yunfu to the north and Jiangmen to the east, and facing the South China Sea to the south. The local dialect is the Gaoyang dialect, a branch of Yue Chinese. At the 2020 census its population was 2,602,959, of whom 1,292,987 lived in the built-up and largely urbanized area comprising Jiangcheng District and Yangdong District.
Facts
Area (sq km) Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Yangjiang (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
population 2,602,959 (2020)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 21.85563, longitude 111.96272
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 4 m
P2046 (area)
area 7955.87 sq km
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 2602959 (2020)
View the Source2. GeoNames: Yangjiang - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 1806408
21.85563 111.96272 P PPLA2 CN 30 4417 1292987 15 Asia/Shanghai
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 15 m
View the Source 3. Yangjiang (Wikipedia)
Lead section
Yangjiang (simplified Chinese: 阳江; traditional Chinese: 陽江), alternately romanized via Cantonese as Yeungkong, is a prefecture-level city in southwestern Guangdong Province in the People's Republic of China.
Lead
looks out to the South China Sea to the south
- In Group: Cities of Eastern Asia (World), Wikipedia lead / Wikidata P17, confirms city and country
View the Source4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 21.75, 111.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 21.75, 111.75
21.75 111.75 Cwa
Wikidata: China
On Continent: Asia, Wikidata item for China, property P30 (continent)View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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