Heshan, formerly romanized as Hokshan, is a county-level city of Jiangmen City in the southern part of Guangdong Province, China with a total land area of 1108.3km2 and a population of 360,000, and some 200,000 internal migrants. There are approximately 360,000 people of Heshan origin or descent living in other parts of the world. Situated about 60km south west of the provincial capital, Guangzhou, Heshan occupies a strategic location on the Pearl River Delta, commanding the northern gateway to Jiangmen's five prefectures. Along the opposite bank of the same river, lie the two municipalities of Nanhai and Shunde. Heshan is around one hour from Hong Kong and Macau by road. The city's harbour can accommodate vessels of up to 3000LT. Ships ply from here to Hong Kong directly.
