Enping

Enping is located in southwest Guangdong, at the western edge of the Pearl River Delta and beside the South China Sea. Enping borders Kaiping to the northeast and Yangjing to the southwest.

Enping County was established in AD 220. Under the Qing, it made up part of the commandery of Zhaoqing and was one of the Four Counties responsible for much of the early Chinese diaspora from Guangdong in the 19th century.

Academic studies by Gao Weinong indicate that Venezuela serves as the primary global destination for the Enping diaspora. The migration is characterized by strong chain-migration networks, with early settlers establishing a foundation in the grocery and restaurant sectors that allowed subsequent generations to migrate. By the early 21st century, the Enping community formed the vast majority of the Chinese population in Venezuela, maintaining deep cultural and economic ties through various hometown associations (*tongxianghui*). Migrants from Enping and their families make up about 200,000 of the country's estimated 400,000 Chinese. Emigration to Venezuela occurred primarily in the decades including and following the World Wars, with the largest batch leaving at the end of the Cultural Revolution in the late 1970s. Enping was made a county-level city in 1994. The Enping financial crisis later in the decade led to a massive scandal and the loss of financial services in the city.

Enping comprises 10 towns, 3 sub-district offices, 4 farms and stations, and 174 village neighborhood committees.

Enping is a part of the Greater Taishan Region or Sze Yap Region, which includes Kaiping, Xinhui, Enping and Taishan. According to studies by Gao Weinong, Enping is the ancestral hometown of over 400,000 overseas Chinese, with Venezuela being the primary global destination for this diaspora.

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