Zhongshan

A major contributor to the history of the Chinese overseas was Zhongshan County, known as Xiangshan or Heongshan until 1925. It was divided into nine localities and a census of 1910 reported the total population to be more than 820,000. Sydney, Hawaii and San Francisco were the most popular destinations for people from Zhongshan, though the single locality of Long Du seems to have contributed as much as all other Zhongshan areas combined. Long Du, for example, was also one of the few localities (possibly the only one) that had sufficient numbers to organise its own associations in all three of these Pacific Ports.

Michael Williams, Returning home with glory: Chinese villagers around the Pacific, 1849 to 1949 (榮歸故里：太平洋地區的中國僑鄉 1849–1949), Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong, 2018.