Xiangshan County

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Xiangshan County is a historic county in Guangdong, China, best known as the birthplace of revolutionary leader Sun Yat-sen and later renamed Zhongshan in his honor.

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Xiangshan County canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former county-level division
historic county
administrativeLevel county
associatedPerson Sun Yat-sen
other early Chinese revolutionaries from the region
associatedWith Chinese republican revolution
birthplace Xiangshan County
borderedBy Pearl River estuary
country China
formerNameOf Zhongshan
historicalEconomy agriculture
fishing
overseas remittances
historicalRegion Lingnan
historicalStatus renamed as Zhongshan County in honor of Sun Yat-sen
linked to: Zhongshan County
knownFor overseas Chinese emigrant communities
role in modern Chinese revolutionary history
language Cantonese
Xiangshan dialect (a variety of Cantonese)
linked to: Sze Yup dialect
locatedIn Guangdong
linked to: Guangdong Province

Pearl River Delta
southern China
namedAfter Sun Yat-sen
linked to: Sun Yixian

Xiangshan (Fragrant Mountain)
notableAs birthplace of Sun Yat-sen
partOf Qing dynasty administrative divisions
Republic of China (historical) administrative divisions
linked to: Republic of China
renamedTo Zhongshan County
successorAdministrativeUnit Zhongshan
Zhuhai (partly)
timePeriod existed until early 20th century under that name

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Sun Yat-sen placeOfBirth Xiangshan County
subject linked to: Démíng
Lu Muzhen placeOfBirth Xiangshan County
Lu Muzhen residence Xiangshan County
Shiqi locatedIn Xiangshan County
Shiqi capitalOf Xiangshan County
Sun Yat-sen birthplace Xiangshan County
subject linked to: Xiangshan County