Sihui

Sihui 四会市
County-level city
Location of Sihui City (pink) in Zhaoqing City (yellow), Guangdong, and the PRC
Sihui Location of the city centre in Guangdong
Coordinates: 23°21′N 112°41′E
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Guangdong
Prefecture-level city	Zhaoqing
Area
• Total	1,258 km2 (486 sq mi)
Population (2010 census)	542,873
Time zone	China Standard (UTC+8)
Area code(s)	0758
Vehicle registration	粤 H
Website	Official website

Sihui
Simplified Chinese	四会
Traditional Chinese	四會
Hanyu Pinyin	Sìhuì
Postal	Szewui
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Sìhuì Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Sei3-wui5

For the area of Beijing, see Sihui, Beijing.

Sihui, formerly romanized as Szewui, is a county-level city in Guangdong, China. It is administered as part of the prefecture-level city of Zhaoqing. Sihui's population is 542,873.

History

Under the Qing, Sihui County made up part of the commandery of Zhaoqing. As with much of the surrounding countryside, Sihui was a source for many members of the Chinese diaspora during the late Qing.

Economy

The Zhaoqing High Technology Industrial Development Zone (肇庆高新区 and 肇庆国家高新技术产业开发区) is located in Sihui.

See also

• Guangdong International Circuit

References

Bibliography

• Bolton, Kingsley; et al. (1941), Triad Societies, Vol. 5, Abingdon: Routledge , reprinted 2000.

External links

• Official website  (Chinese)