30．邑【阝右】部 city

五five邑city侨oversea乡town

五邑is located in the Jiangmen City江门 in the west of Zhujiang Delta珠江三角洲 of Guangdong Province. Because Jiangmen City consists of five small towns, throughout history Jiangmen has been called 五邑(The five cities). People also refer to 五邑as 侨乡(the town of oversea Chinese). This is because 57% percent of the population is composed of “overseas Chinese”—Chinese who were foreign born or spent some time abroad. People of 五邑have been immigrating to foreign countries for over a thousand years. Immigrants from 五邑are distributed over 107 countries in the world. Most of them reside in the United States and Canada. The younger generations of these immigrants also come back and reside in 五邑. This is the major reason that 五邑becomes a 侨乡.

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