Zhongshan

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Zhongshan 中山市 Chungshan
Prefecture-level city
Location of Zhongshan in Guangdong
Zhongshan Location in Guangdong Show map of Guangdong Zhongshan Zhongshan (China) Show map of China
Coordinates (Zhongshan municipal government): 22°31′01″N 113°23′33″E / 22.5170°N 113.3925°E / 22.5170; 113.3925
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Guangdong
County-level divisions	None
Township-level divisions	5 districts 18 towns 1 development zone
Municipal seat	Dongqu Subdistrict
Government
• CPC Committee Secretary	Xue Xiaofeng (薛晓峰)
• Mayor	Chen Liangxian (陈良贤)
Area
• Prefecture-level city	1,783.67 km2 (688.68 sq mi)
• Urban	1,783.67 km2 (688.68 sq mi)
• Metro	19,870.4 km2 (7,672.0 sq mi)
Elevation	11 m (36 ft)
Population  (2020 census)[1]
• Prefecture-level city	4,418,060
• Density	2,500/km2 (6,400/sq mi)
• Urban	4,418,060
• Urban density	2,500/km2 (6,400/sq mi)
• Metro	65,565,622
• Metro density	3,300/km2 (8,500/sq mi)
GDP[2]
• Prefecture-level city	CN¥ 356.6 billion US$ 55.3 billion
• Per capita	CN¥ 80,157 US$ 12,425
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard Time)
Postal code	528400
Area code	0760
ISO 3166 code	CN-GD-20
License plate prefixes	粤T
City flower	Chrysanthemum
Website	www.ZhongShan.gov.cn (Chinese)

Zhongshan
"Zhongshan City", as written in Chinese
Chinese	中山
Jyutping	Zung1 saan1
Cantonese Yale	Jūngsāan
Hanyu Pinyin	Zhōngshān ([ʈʂʊ́ŋʂán])
Postal	Chungshan
Literal meaning	Central mountain (Named after Sun Yat-sen)
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhōngshān ([ʈʂʊ́ŋʂán]) Wade–Giles Chung1-shan1 Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Jūngsāan Jyutping Zung1 saan1

Zhongshan ([ʈʂʊ́ŋ ʂán]; Chinese: 中山) is a prefecture-level city in the south of the Pearl River Delta in Guangdong province, China. As of the 2020 census, the whole city with 4,418,060 inhabitants is now part of the Guangzhou–Shenzhen conurbation with 65,565,622 inhabitants.^[1] The city-core subdistricts used to be called Shiqi or Shekki (Chinese: 石岐).

Zhongshan is one of the few Chinese cities to be named after a person. It was originally named Xiangshan (香山, "Fragrant Mountain"; Cantonese: Heung-saan), but was renamed in 1925 in honor of Sun Yat-sen, who is known in China as "Sun Zhongshan". Sun was the founding father of the Republic of China who is also regarded positively by the People's Republic. He was born in Cuiheng village in Nanlang Township of what was then Xiangshan County.