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Guangzhou, [a] previously romanized as Canton [6] or Kwangchow, [7] is the capital and largest city of Guangdong province in southern China. [8] Located on the Pearl River about 120 km (75 mi) northwest of Hong Kong and 145 km (90 mi) north of Macau, Guangzhou has a history of over 2,200 years and was a major terminus of the Silk Road.
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Guangdong [a] is a coastal province in South China, on the north shore of the South China Sea. [7] The provincial capital is Guangzhou.With a population of 126.84 million (as of 2021) [8] across a total area of about 179,800 km 2 (69,400 sq mi), [1] Guangdong is China's most populous province and its 15th-largest by area, as well as the third-most populous country subdivision in the world.
Dongguan (PL-City) city district: established: ↳ Dongguan (CL-City) disestablished parts of Foshan (PL-City) Zhongshan (PL-City) city district: established: ↳ Zhongshan (CL-City) disestablished 1988-04-13: parts of Guangdong Province: Hainan Province: provincial established: Civil Affairs Announcement Haikou (PL-City) city district: Haikou ...
All first level administrative units with more than five million inhabitants at the last ascertainable date. Also indicated are the administrative center (capital city), the type of administrative unit, the country to which the administrative unit belongs, the land area and the population density per square kilometer of land area.
Foshan (UK: /foʊˈʃæn/, US: /-ʃɑːn/; Chinese: 佛山) alternately romanized as Fatshan is a prefecture-level city in central Guangdong Province, China.The entire prefecture covers 3,848 km 2 (1,486 sq mi) and had a population of 9,498,863 as of the 2020 census.
This is a list of the first-level administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China (PRC), including all provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities, and special administrative regions in order of their Human Development Index (HDI), along with the Republic of China (ROC, Taiwan).