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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.
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.
Guangzhou (also romanized Canton) was the capital of: Nanyue Kingdom (204–111 BC). Southern Ming dynasty from 1646 to 1647. Nationalist government of the Republic of China, before 1928 and in 1949 towards the end of the Chinese Civil War. Hangzhou was the capital of: Wuyue Kingdom (907–978) during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period.
Shanghai is China's most populous urban area, [8] [9] while Chongqing is its largest city proper, the only city in China with the largest permanent population of over 30 million. [10] As of 2020, there were 113 Chinese cities with over 1 million people in urban areas. [11]
The China (Guangdong) Pilot Free Trade Zone (the Guangdong FTZ) was approved by the State Council in December 2014 and started operation in April 2015. The Zone has an area of 116.2 km 2 and is composed of three areas, the Nansha New Zone in Guangzhou (60 km 2), the Qianhai & Shekou Area in Shenzhen (28.2 km 2), and Hengqin New Zone in Zhuhai ...
Taishan (simplified Chinese: 台山; traditional Chinese: 臺山; pinyin: Táishān; Jyutping: Toi4saan1), alternately romanized in Cantonese as Toishan or Toisan, in local dialect as Hoisan, and formerly known as Xinning or Sunning (新寧), [a] is a county-level city in the southwest of Guangdong province, China.
Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong, has been one of China's international trading ports since the Tang dynasty. During the 18th century, it became an important centre of the emerging trade between China and the Western world, as part of the Canton System. The privilege during this period made Guangzhou one of the top three cities in the world ...
Chaozhou and Shantou have agglomerated into a single, dense metropolitan area, which is among China's most densely populated. [6] It is Guangdong's second largest metropolitan area, after the Guangzhou-centered Pearl River Delta. Chaozhou is a major cultural center of the Chaoshan region, and thus the descendants of overseas Chaoshan immigrants ...