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Location of Guangzhou in Guangdong Province: Date: 29 January 2013: Source: This file was derived from: File:Map of Province in China 440000 広東省.svg: Author: Lincun: Permission (Reusing this file) GNU Free Documentation License
Guangzhou City 廣州市 5 120 244 inhab. and 282,93 km 2: Yuexiu, Liwan, Haizhu, Tianhe: Nanhai County, Guangdong 南海縣 part of Liwan, part of Baiyun: Panyu County, Guangdong 番禺縣 Panyu, Baiyun, Huangpu, Nansha, part of Tianhe: Hua County, Guangdong 花縣 Huadu: Conghua County, Guangdong 從化縣 Conghua: Zengcheng County, Guangdong ...
Provinces are the most common form of province-level governments. The legislative bodies of the provinces are the Provincial People's Congresses. The executive branch is the Provincial People's Government, led by a governor. The People's Government is answerable to both the State Council and the Provincial People's Congress.
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.
The "Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area" is sometimes confused with the area of the Pearl River Delta and Guangdong province. While the geographical term “Pearl River Delta” was coined in 1947 reflecting the region's rich and diverse local histories, [9] the term “Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area” refers to a much larger area.
The province is now one of the richest in the nation, with the most billionaires in mainland China, [43] the highest GDP among all the provinces, although wage growth has only recently begun to rise due to a large influx of migrant workers from neighboring provinces. By 2015, the local government of Guangdong hopes that the service industry ...
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parts of Guangdong Province: Hainan Province: provincial established: Civil Affairs Announcement Haikou (PL-City) city district: Haikou (PL-City) city district: transferred Sanya (PL-City) city district: Sanya (PL-City) city district: transferred Hainan Administrative Region: provincial-controlled: disestablished & transferred ↳ Tongshi (CL-City)