Kong Mun

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Kong Mun is the Cantonese name for Jiangmen, a prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province, China, known historically as a major source of overseas Chinese emigration.

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Label Occurrences
Kong Mun canonical 2

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Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division of China
city in China
prefecture-level city
administrativeLevel prefecture-level
belongsTo Greater Bay Area region
linked to: Greater Bay Area

Lingnan cultural region
linked to: Lingnan

western Pearl River Delta urban cluster
CantoneseName Kong Mun
ChineseName 江门
linked to: Jiangmen
climate subtropical monsoon climate
country China
dialectGroup Yue Chinese
economicActivity manufacturing
overseas Chinese-related trade and investment
emigrationDestinations Europe
North America
Southeast Asia
ethnicGroupMajority Han Chinese
governingBody Jiangmen Municipal Government
governingProvince Guangdong
linked to: Guangdong Province
hasPort river and coastal transport facilities
hasRole regional economic center in western Pearl River Delta
hasUrbanArea Jiangmen urban core
historicalNameUsage Cantonese name used by overseas Chinese communities
historicalRole major source of overseas Chinese emigration
historicalSignificance important hometown of overseas Chinese from Guangdong
isTransliterationOf Jiangmen in Cantonese pronunciation
knownFor Cantonese-speaking population
emigration of overseas Chinese
language Cantonese
Mandarin Chinese
locatedIn Guangdong Province
Southern China
linked to: southern China
locatedNear South China Sea
partOf People's Republic of China
linked to: China
provinceCapitalDistanceRelation west of Guangzhou
region Pearl River Delta
romanization Jiangmen
subdivisionType prefecture-level city
timeZone China Standard Time
UTCOffset +8

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jiangmen hasAlternativeName Kong Mun
Kong Mun CantoneseName Kong Mun