Enping

Enping
恩平市
Yanping
Enping
Enping (red) within Jiangmen and Guangdong
Enping
Location of the city centre in Guangdong
Coordinates: 22°11′N 112°18′E / 22.183°N 112.300°E / 22.183; 112.300
Country:People's Republic of China
ProvinceGuangdong
Prefecture-level cityJiangmen
Area
 • Total
1,698 km2 (656 sq mi)
Population
 (2020 census)
 • Total
483,907
 • Density285.0/km2 (738.1/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Enping
Chinese恩平
PostalYanping
Literal meaningMercifully Pacified
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinĒnpíng
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingJan1-ping4

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.