For the past centuries, the five counties of Guangdong under the special administration of Jiangmen City--Xinhui, Taishan, Kaiping, Enping and Heshan--have been the most famous overseas Chinese hometowns. Their overseas relatives overall exceed three million (including Hong Kong and Macau), spread in 95 different countries and areas all over the world, the US and Canada being the principal locales.
廣東五邑﹘ ﹘江門市轄下的新會、台山、開平、恩平，與鶴山五縣，近百年來，一直是中國最著名的僑鄉；海外鄉親（包括港澳）超過三百萬人，分佈廣達全球九十五個國家地區，尤其以美、加為主要集中地。