Zhongshan Island
Zhongshan Island, formerly also known as Macau Island or Xiangshan Island,[lower-alpha 1] is an island on the west bank of the Pearl River Delta in Guangdong, China.[1][2] This area is separated from the mainland by a narrow waterway, and has a population of about 2.8 million. At the southern tip of the island is the Special Administrative Region of Macau. The rest of the island (and more than 70% of the population) is part of the cities of Zhuhai and Zhongshan.
| Zhongshan Island | |||||||||
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 Auguste Borget's 1842 Macao from the Forts of Heang-shan | |||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 中山島 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 中山岛 | ||||||||
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| Macao Island | |||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 澳門島 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 澳门岛 | ||||||||
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| Xiangshan Island | |||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 香山島 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 香山岛 | ||||||||
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Notes
- Previous romanizations include Macao Island and Heangshan Island.
References
- "The History of Xiangshan" (15 October 2008). Zhongshan Government. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
- "Zhongshan". The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia (6th ed.). Columbia University Press. 2000. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
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