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Jiangmen , alternately romanized in Cantonese as Kongmoon, is a prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province in southern China. As of the 2020 census, its three urban districts, plus Heshan City being conurbated, with 2,657,662 inhabitants are now part of the Guangzhou–Shenzhen conurbation with 65,565,622 inhabitants and the entire prefecture had a population of about 4,798,090 inhabitants. [edit] History
Jiangmen was forced to open up to western trade in 1904, after a 1902 declaration which made it a treaty port. During the subsequent period of western influence, a number of western-style buildings were constructed along the city's waterfront, and currently, the city's government is partaking in a renewal project to restore many of these buildings. On 6 August 1925, the Guangdong provincial government placed Jiangmen under direct administration of the provincial government.[1] Jiangmen was given a city government on 26 November of the same year.[1] In 1931, this status would be revoked, and the city was placed under the administration of Xinhui County.[1] The city was incorporated into the People's Republic of China on 23 October 1949, and was proclaimed a city in 1951.[1] The city later became the prefectural seat for the Sze Yup ("Four County") region including Taishan, Kaiping, Xinhui, Enping. In Mainland China but not abroad, the area became known as the "Five Counties" when Heshan was added to Jiangmen's jurisdiction. In June 1983, the city was upgraded to a prefecture-level city.[1] In 2011, the city banned pet dogs in public after rabies killed 42 people over the preceding 3 years. The city reserved a 13-acre site to allow rural Chinese to adopt the 30,000 dogs,[2] but public outcry led to a softer implementation where violators would be told to leave rather than have the dog confiscated. [edit] Research Tips
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