There are many fairy flowers in this land, so it is called Xiangshan. After the Revolution of 1911, it belonged to Guangdong Province. In the 14th year of the Republic of China (1925), it was renamed Zhongshan County on April 15 to commemorate Dr. Sun Yat-sen.1983 65438+February, Zhongshan was allowed to withdraw from the county and change to the city, and it was under the jurisdiction of Foshan City. 1988 1 month, upgraded to administrative divisions of prefecture-level cities.
In the Neolithic Age more than 5,000 years ago, Zhongshan was just an island on the Lingdingyang River in the Pearl River Estuary. At this time, Guyue people had been fishing and living here.
In recent ten years, many Neolithic sites of ancient human life have been discovered in Zhongshan City, including Longxue painted pottery site in Nanlang Town, Baishuijing site in Shi Qi District and Lu Quan site in Dayong Town. A number of painted pottery, ground stone tools, sand pottery and other cultural relics have also been unearthed.
Among them, the Longxue site in Nanlang Town is still a dune site from the Neolithic Age to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and bronze wares and cast bronze stone models are also found in the later remains.
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Zhongshan City is located in the south-central part of Guangdong Province, which is the downstream of the south-central part of the Pearl River Delta and the place where the Beijiang River enters the sea. It is connected with Panyu District of Guangzhou City and Shunde District of Foshan City in the north, Jiangmen City, Xinhui District and Doumen District of Zhuhai City in the west, Zhuhai City in the southeast, Lingdingyang in the Pearl River Estuary in the east and Shenzhen City and Hong Kong Special Administrative Region across the river.
The whole territory lies between 2211'-22 47' north latitude and113 09'-13 46' east longitude. Administrative jurisdiction area 1800. 14 square kilometers. The urban land is 86 kilometers north of Guangzhou, 65 kilometers southeast of Macau, and 52 nautical miles from zhongshan port waterway to Hongkong. Total area 1783.67 km2.
The terrain of Zhongshan City is mainly plain, with high terrain in the middle and flat surroundings, and the plain area inclines from northwest to southeast. Wugui Mountain and Zhusongling Mountain stand in the south-central part of the city. The main peak of Wugui Mountain is 53 1 m above sea level, which is the highest peak in the city.
The terrain consists of low mountains, hills, terraces and alluvial plains and beaches at the mouth of the Pearl River. Among them, low hills and terraces account for 24% of the total area, with an altitude of 10-200m, and the soil type is lateritic red soil.
Plains and beaches account for 68% of the total area, and the general elevation is -0.5- 1m, in which paddy soil and basic water soil are the types of plains, and coastal salt marsh soil and coastal sandy soil are widely distributed in beaches. The river area accounts for 8% of the whole territory, and the Xihai Waterway and Modaomen Waterway in the lower reaches of Xijiang River flow through the western boundary of the city from north to south and leave Modaomen for the South China Sea.
Li Hongqi Waterway in the lower reaches of Beijiang River passes through the northeast boundary of the city from northwest to southeast, and exits the Pearl River Estuary from Hongqimen. In the meantime, branches crisscross, in which Xiaolan Waterway and Jiya Waterway cross the northern half of the urban area, merge into Hengmen Waterway, and leave the Pearl River Estuary from Hengmen Waterway. The water system is divided into two parts: plain river network and low mountain and hilly river network. The river network in the plain area is deeply influenced by the tides in the South China Sea and has the characteristics of a typical estuary area.
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