Jiangmen

Jiangmen (Chinese: 江门), alternately romanized in Cantonese as Kongmoon, is a prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province in southern China. It consists of three urban districts (Pengjiang, Jianghai, Xinhui), Heshan, and the more rural Siyi (Xinhui, Taishan, Kaiping, and Enping), which is the ancestral homeland of approximately 4 million overseas Chinese. As of the 2020 census, the entire prefecture has a total population of about 4,798,090 inhabitants; its urban region (Pengjiang, Jianghai, plus Heshan being conurbated) has 2,657,062 inhabitants, which can also be considered part of the Guangzhou–Shenzhen metro conurbation with 65,565,622 inhabitants.

Jiangmen
江门市
Kongmoon; Chiangmen
Prefecture-level city
Clockwise from top right: Renshou Lu, Gudou Hotspring Resort, Xinhui Confucian Temple, Changdi Lu, & Jingtang Library
Location of Jiangmen in Guangdong
Jiangmen
Location in China
Coordinates (Jiangmen municipal government): 22°34′44″N 113°04′53″E
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceGuangdong
City SeatPengjiang District
Area
  Prefecture-level city9,535.0 km2 (3,681.5 sq mi)
  Urban
566.0 km2 (218.5 sq mi)
  Metro
20,968.7 km2 (8,096.1 sq mi)
Elevation
10 m (30 ft)
Population
 (2020 census)
  Prefecture-level city4,798,090
  Density500/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
  Urban
1,289,800
  Urban density2,300/km2 (5,900/sq mi)
  Metro
14,258,694
  Metro density680/km2 (1,800/sq mi)
GDP
  Prefecture-level cityCN¥ 360 billion
US$ 55.8 billion
  Per capitaCN¥ 74,722
US$ 11,582
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard Time)
Postal code
529000
Area code750
ISO 3166 codeCN-GD-07
License plate prefixes粤J
Websitewww.jiangmen.gov.cn (in Chinese)
Jiangmen
"Jiangmen" in Chinese calligraphy
Simplified Chinese江门
Traditional Chinese江門
PostalKongmoon
Literal meaningRiver Gate

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