Enping
Enping
恩平市 Yanping | |
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Enping | |
Enping Location of the city centre in Guangdong | |
| Coordinates: 22°11′N 112°18′E / 22.183°N 112.300°E | |
| Country: | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Guangdong |
| Prefecture-level city | Jiangmen |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,698 km2 (656 sq mi) |
| Population (2020 census) | |
• Total | 483,907 |
| • Density | 285.0/km2 (738.1/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
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| Chinese | 恩平 | ||||||||||
| Postal | Yanping | ||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Mercifully Pacified | ||||||||||
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Enping,alternately romanized as Yanping, is a county-level city in Guangdong province, China, administered as part of the prefecture-level city of Jiangmen.
Enping administers an area of 1,698 km2 (656 sq mi) and had an estimated population of 483,907 in 2020. Its diaspora accounts for over 400,000 overseas Chinese, particularly in the Americas. It is notably the primary ancestral home for the majority of the Chinese in Venezuela, with an estimated 90% of that country's Chinese population originating from the city. The area around Enping is known for its many hot springs.