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Heinlenville (Chinese: 海因倫鎮; [5] also called the Sixth Street Chinatown 六街唐人埠 and San Jose Chinatown 散那些唐人埠 [6]) was a Chinese-American ethnic enclave in San Jose, California. Established in 1887 and demolished in 1931, it was the last and longest-lasting of San Jose's five Chinatowns.
San Jose's first Chinatown was located at the southwest corner of Market and San Fernando streets, near the present-day Circle of Palms Plaza. City officials noted the Chinese presence by 1866. [ 3 ] By January 1870, white residents had begun complaining to the San Jose City Council about the concentration of Chinese people in the neighborhood.
City officials noted the Chinese presence by 1866. Most Chinese immigrants were seasonal workers in Santa Clara Valley's orchards. [3] In February 1869, after the First Methodist Episcopal Church welcomed 166 Chinese people to its Missionary Sunday School, arsonists burned the church to the ground and sent the pastor a death threat.
Little Saigon is a neighborhood of San Jose, California, located in East San Jose. It is a hub for Silicon Valley 's Vietnamese community and one of the largest Little Saigons in the world, [ 1 ] as San Jose has more Vietnamese residents than any city outside of Vietnam . [ 2 ]
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Ningjin County (simplified Chinese: 宁津县; traditional Chinese: 寧津縣; pinyin: Níngjīn Xiàn) is a county in the northwest of Shandong province, People's Republic of China, bordering Hebei province to the north. It is administered by the prefecture-level city of Dezhou. The population was 444,038 in 1999. [3]
The Japanese American Museum. Performers at the San Jose Obon Festival, held annually in Japantown. Santo Market mural inspired by The Great Wave off Kanagawa.. Japantown is the site of the Japanese American Museum of San Jose, which moved into a new building in 2010; [4] San Jose Taiko, Shuei-do Manju Shop, [2] whose manjū were specifically requested during the 1994 visit of the Emperor of ...
Chengyang (simplified Chinese: 城阳区; traditional Chinese: 城陽區; pinyin: Chéngyáng Qū) is a county-level district of the prefecture-level city of Qingdao, Shandong, China. It has an area of 553.2 km 2 (213.6 sq mi), and had a 2013 population of about 740,000. The district includes hilly terrain, plains, and farmland.