Xiangshan County

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Xiangshan County is a historic county in Guangdong, China, best known as the birthplace of revolutionary leader Sun Yat-sen and later renamed Zhongshan in his honor.

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Xiangshan County canonical 6

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Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former county-level division ⓘ
historic county ⓘ
administrativeLevel county ⓘ
associatedPerson Sun Yat-sen ⓘ
other early Chinese revolutionaries from the region ⓘ
associatedWith Chinese republican revolution ⓘ
birthplace Xiangshan County ⓘ
borderedBy Pearl River estuary ⓘ
country China ⓘ
formerNameOf Zhongshan ⓘ
historicalEconomy agriculture ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
overseas remittances ⓘ
historicalRegion Lingnan ⓘ
historicalStatus renamed as Zhongshan County in honor of Sun Yat-sen ⓘ
linked to: Zhongshan County
knownFor overseas Chinese emigrant communities ⓘ
role in modern Chinese revolutionary history ⓘ
language Cantonese ⓘ
Xiangshan dialect (a variety of Cantonese) ⓘ
linked to: Sze Yup dialect
locatedIn Guangdong ⓘ
linked to: Guangdong Province

Pearl River Delta ⓘ
southern China ⓘ
namedAfter Sun Yat-sen ⓘ
linked to: Sun Yixian

Xiangshan (Fragrant Mountain) ⓘ
notableAs birthplace of Sun Yat-sen ⓘ
partOf Qing dynasty administrative divisions ⓘ
Republic of China (historical) administrative divisions ⓘ
linked to: Republic of China
renamedTo Zhongshan County ⓘ
successorAdministrativeUnit Zhongshan ⓘ
Zhuhai (partly) ⓘ
timePeriod existed until early 20th century under that name ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

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

Sun Yat-sen → placeOfBirth → Xiangshan County ⓘ
subject linked to: Démíng
Lu Muzhen → placeOfBirth → Xiangshan County ⓘ
Lu Muzhen → residence → Xiangshan County ⓘ
Shiqi → locatedIn → Xiangshan County ⓘ
Shiqi → capitalOf → Xiangshan County ⓘ
Sun Yat-sen → birthplace → Xiangshan County ⓘ
subject linked to: Xiangshan County