Enping

Enping, alternately romanized as Yanping, is a county-level city in Guangdong province, China, administered as part of the prefecture-level city of Jiangmen.

Enping administers an area of 1,698 km2 and had an estimated population of 460,000 in 2005. Its diaspora accounts for around 420,000 overseas Chinese, particularly in the Americas. The area around Enping is known for its many hot springs.

Geography
Enping is located in southwest Guangdong, at the western edge of the Pearl River Delta and beside the South China Sea. Enping borders Kaiping to the northeast and Yangjing to the southwest.

History
EnpingCounty was established in AD220. Under the Qing, it made up part of the commandery of Zhaoqing and was one of the Four Counties responsible for much of the early Chinese diaspora from Guangdong in the 19th century. Many overseas Chinese trace their ancestry to Enping, particularly among the Chinese in Venezuela. Migrants from Enping and their families make up about 200,000 of the country's estimated 400,000 Chinese. Emigration to Venezuela occurred primarily in the decades including and following the World Wars, with the largest batch leaving at the end of the Cultural Revolution in the late 1970s. Enping was made a county-level city in 1994. The Enping financial crisis later in the decade led to a massive scandal and the loss of financial services in the city.

Administrative divisions
Enping comprises 10 towns, 3 sub-district offices, 4 farms and stations, and 174 village neighborhood committees.

Demographics
Enping is a part of the Greater Taishan Region or Sze Yap Region, which includes Kaiping, Xinhui, Enping and Taishan.

Notable people

 * Ekin Cheng: Hong Kong actor and singer
 * Katherine Sui Fun Cheung: First Asian American woman aviator
 * Feng Ru: pioneering Chinese aviator and aircraft designer
 * Douglas Jung: Canadian politician and member of the Canadian Parliament
 * Peter T. Poon: Renowned Chinese American space scientist
 * Harry Shum Jr.: Costa Rica-born American actor and dancer
 * John Shum: Hong Kong film producer and political activist
 * Tang Wensheng: America-born Chinese diplomat