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 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former county-level division
historic county
administrativeLevel county
associatedPerson Sun Yat-sen NERFINISHED
other early Chinese revolutionaries from the region
associatedWith Chinese republican revolution
birthplace Xiangshan County NERFINISHED
borderedBy Pearl River estuary NERFINISHED
country China
formerNameOf Zhongshan NERFINISHED
historicalEconomy agriculture
fishing
overseas remittances
historicalRegion Lingnan NERFINISHED
historicalStatus renamed as Zhongshan County in honor of Sun Yat-sen NERFINISHED
knownFor overseas Chinese emigrant communities
role in modern Chinese revolutionary history
language Cantonese
Xiangshan dialect (a variety of Cantonese) NERFINISHED
locatedIn Guangdong NERFINISHED
Pearl River Delta NERFINISHED
southern China NERFINISHED
namedAfter Sun Yat-sen NERFINISHED
Xiangshan (Fragrant Mountain) NERFINISHED
notableAs birthplace of Sun Yat-sen
partOf Qing dynasty administrative divisions
Republic of China (historical) administrative divisions NERFINISHED
renamedTo Zhongshan County NERFINISHED
successorAdministrativeUnit Zhongshan NERFINISHED
Zhuhai (partly)
timePeriod existed until early 20th century under that name

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

Démíng placeOfBirth Xiangshan County
subject surface form: Sun Yat-sen
Lu Muzhen placeOfBirth Xiangshan County
Lu Muzhen residence Xiangshan County