Guangdong
Pearl River Delta
Jiangmen

Chikan

Chikan is a town in , , Province, . It is officially designated as a National Historic and Cultural Town of China. Historically it was a regional maritime hub, center for emigration, emigrant market town, and the administrative centre of .
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  • Type: Town with 37,300 residents
  • Description: town in Kaiping, Guangdong, China
  • Also known as: “Ch’ih-k’an”, “Chikan Old Town”, “Chikan Town”, “Chikan Zhen”, and “Chikan, Kaiping”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Baihe and Zili.

Town
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is a town, which is situated 5 km west of Chikan.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 6 km north of Chikan.

Town
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is a town, which is situated 6 km northeast of Chikan.

Chikan

Latitude
22.3246° or 22° 19′ 29″ north
Longitude
112.58798° or 112° 35′ 17″ east
Population
37,300
Elevation
9 metres (30 feet)
Open location code
7PJJ8HFQ+R5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 8128044284
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1814996
Wiki­data ID
Q14372756
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Yue Chinese—“Chikan” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Chikan (kapital sa baranggay sa Republikang Popular sa Tsina, Guangdong Sheng, lat 22,32, long 112,58)”
  • Cebuano: “Chikan”
  • Chinese: “Chìkǎn Zhèn”
  • Chinese: “赤坎”
  • Chinese: “赤坎鎮”
  • Chinese: “赤坎镇”
  • Gan Chinese: “赤坎镇”
  • German: “Chikan”
  • Japanese: “赤坎鎮”
  • Persian: “چیکان، کایپینگ”
  • Slovenian: “Chikan”
  • Slovenian: “Čikan”
  • Swedish: “Chikan, Kaiping”
  • Swedish: “Chikan”
  • Welsh: “Chikan”
  • Wu Chinese: “赤坎镇”
  • Yue Chinese: “赤坎鎮”

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