Jiaomei () is a
Town
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in the portion of
Longhai City north of the
Jiulong River, in the municipal region of
Zhangzhou
Zhangzhou (, ) is a prefecture-level city in Fujian Province, China. The prefecture around the city proper comprises the southeast corner of the province, facing the Taiwan Strait and (with Quanzhou) surrounding the prefecture of Xiamen.
Nam ...
,
Fujian
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.
Presidential ties
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Corazon Aquino
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and her son,
Benigno S. Aquino III (the
tenth and fifteenth Presidents of the Philippines
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, respectively) have Hongjian Village as their ancestral village. Both are members of the influential
Chinese-Filipino
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Cojuangco
The Cojuangco (; ; ; ) clan is a prominent Filipino family descended from Co Yu Hwan (), who migrated to the Philippines in 1861 from Hongjian Village, Jiaomei Township, Zhangzhou, Fujian. He was commonly called ''Khoân ko'' ("Brother Khuan") ...
clan, and thus are direct descendants of Hongjian native Co Yu Hwan (
Christian name
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: José Cojuangco), who emigrated to
Spanish Philippines
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in 1861. During their respective terms as president, both mother and son conducted
state visit
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s to the
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, stopping by Hongjian to
venerate their ancestors and reconnect with distant relatives.
Transport
The town lies along
National Route 324, with which the Jiaomei-
Haicang Road makes a T-junction downtown.
Administration
The town runs 32
Village committees:
* Banmei ()
* Ketang ()
* Shazhou ()
* Wuzhai ()
* Yujiang ()
* Liuzhuan ()
* Hengcang ()
* Puwei ()
* Yangcuo ()
* Caidian ()
* Shaban ()
* Shimei ()
* Nanmen ()
* Kengtou ()
* Xibian ()
* Dongshan ()
* Shicuo ()
* Shetou ()
* Xiashi ()
* Longtian ()
* Tianli ()
* Putou ()
* Longjiang ()
* Hongdai ()
* Fujing ()
* Shangfang ()
* Mianzhai ()
* Qiaotou ()
* Hongjian ()
* Jinshan ()
* Baijiao ()
* Dongmei ()
Notes and references
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Zhangzhou