Xinhui, China
Xinhui, formerly romanized as Sunwui[a] and also known as Kuixiang, is an urban district of Jiangmen in Guangdong, China. It grew from a separate city founded at the confluence of the Tan and West Rivers. It has a population of about 735,500,[when?] 98% of whom are Han Chinese but many of whom speak a dialect of Cantonese as their first language. Xinhui is best known in China for its chenpi, a kind of dried Mandarin orange peel.
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Xinhui
新会区
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Realistic, innovative
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Xinhui District (red) within Guangdong
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| Country | People’s Republic of China |
| Province | Guangdong |
| Prefecture-level city | Jiangmen |
| Area | |
| • District | 1,354.7149 km2 (523.0583 sq mi) |
| • Land | 1,075.24 km2 (415.15 sq mi) |
| • Water | 279.48 km2 (107.91 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 143.8698 km2 (55.5484 sq mi) |
| Dimensions | |
| • Length | 54.5 km (33.9 mi) |
| • Width | 48.8 km (30.3 mi) |
| Population
(2016)
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| • District | 757,988 |
| • Density | 560/km2 (1,400/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 757,988 |
| • Urban density | 5,300/km2 (14,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code |
529100-529159
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| Area code | (0)750 |
| Vehicle registration | 粤JK 粤JL 粤JM 粤JN 粤JO |
| Website | www.xinhui.gov.cn |
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| Simplified Chinese | 新会 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 新會 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Postal | Sunwui | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 葵鄉 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 葵乡 | ||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 古岡州 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 古冈州 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | Old Ridge Prefecture | ||||||||
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