# Guangdong

| Guangdong Province 广东省 |
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| Province |
| Name transcription(s) |
|  • Cheenese | 广东省 (Guǎngdōng Shěng) |
|  • Abbreviation | simplifeed Cheenese: 粤; traditeeonal Cheenese: 粵 (pinyin: Yuè, Jyutping: Jyut6, Yale: Yuht) |
|  •   | Cantonese Jyutping: Gwong2 Dung1 Saang2 Cantonese Yale: Gwóngdūng Sáang |
| Map shawin the location o Guangdong Province |
| Named for | 广 guǎng - "Wide" 东 dōng- "East" Lit. "The Eastern Expanse" |
| Caipital (an lairgest ceety) | Guangzhou |
| Divisions | 21 prefecturs, 121 coonties, 1642 tounships |
| Govrenment |
|  • Secretar | Wang Yang |
|  • Govrenor | Zhu Xiaodan |
| Area |
|  • Total | 177900 km2 (68,700 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 15th |
| Population (2010) |
|  • Total | 104,303,132 |
|  • Rank | 1st |
|  • Density | 590/km2 (1,500/sq mi) |
|  • Density rank | 7th |
| Demographics |
|  • Ethnic composeetion | Han - 99% Zhuang - 0.7% Yao - 0.2% |
|  • Leids an dialects | Cantonese Hakka Teochew Leizhou Putonghua |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-44 |
| GDP (2011) | CNY 5.30 trillion US$ 838.60 billion (1st) |
|  • per capita | CNY 50,295 US$ 7,787 (8th) |
| HDI (2008) | 0.844 (high) (4th) |
| Website |  (Simplifeed Cheenese characters) |

| Guangdong |
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| Semplifeed Cheenese | 广东 |
| Tradeetional Cheenese | 廣東 |
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| Jyutping | Gwong2 Dung1 |
| Cantonese Yale | Gwóngdūng |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Guǎngdōng |
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| Postal | Canton, Kwangtung |
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| Transcriptions |
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| Staundart Mandarin |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Guǎngdōng |
| Wade–Giles | Kuang-tung [Listen]  |
| IPA | [kwɑ̀ŋtʊ́ŋ] |
| Wu |
| Romanieation | kuaon tong |
| Hakka |
| Romanisation | Kóng-tûng [gong31 dung24] |
| Yue: Cantonese |
| Yale Romanisation | Gwóngdūng |
| Jyutping | Gwong2 Dung1 |
| Soothren Min |
| Hokkien POJ | Kńg-tang |
| Eastren Min |
| Fuzhou BUC | Guōng-dĕ̤ng |

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**Guangdong** is a province on the Sooth Cheenae Sea coast o the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae. The province wis previously aften written wi the alternative Inglis name **Kwangtung**. It surpassed Henan an Sichuan tae acome the maist populous province in Cheenae in Januar 2005, registerin 79 million permanent residents an 31 million migrants who livit in the province for at least sax month o the year. The provincial caipital Guangzhou an economic hub Shenzhen are amangst the maist populous an important ceeties in Cheenae.

Syne 1989 Guangdong haes toppit the tot GDP rankins amang aw provincial-level diveesions, wi Jiangsu an Shandong seicont an third in rank. Accordin tae provincial annual preliminary statistics, Guangdong's GDP in 2010 reached CNY 4,550 billion, or USD 689.02 billion, makkin its economy roughly the same size as that o Turkey or Indonesie. Guangdong haes the fowert heichest GDP per caipita amang aw provinces o mainland Cheenae, efter Jiangsu, Zhejiang an Liaoning. The province contributes approximately 12% o the PRC's naitional economic ootput, an is hame tae the production facilities an offices o a wide-rangin set o multinaitional an Cheenese corporations. Guangdong hosts the lairgest Import an Export Fair in Cheenae an aw cried the Canton Fair in Guangdong's caipital ceety Guangzhou.

## Name

"Guang" itsel means "expanse" or "vast", an haes been associatit wi the region syne the creation o Guang Prefectur in AD 226. "Guangdong" an neebourin Guangxi literally mean "expanse east" an "expanse wast". Thegither, Guangdong an Guangxi are cried the "Dual-Guangs" (兩廣 liăng guăng). Durin the Sang dynasty, the twa Guangs wur formally separatit as Guangnan Dong lu (廣南東路) an Guangnan Xi lu (廣南西路), which became abbreviatit as Guangdong lu (廣東路) an Guangxi lu (廣西路). The modren abbreviation 粤/粵 (Yue) is a shortened form o Baiyue (百越), a collective name for various fowks that livit in soothren Cheenae in auncient times.

Prior tae the introduction o Hanyu Pinyin, the province wis kent as **Kwangtung Province**. Ane shoud note that **Canton**, tho etymologically derivit frae a Portuguese transliteration o "Guangdong", refers *anerlie* tae the provincial caipital insteid o the whole province, as documentit bi authoritative Inglis dictionaries. The local fowk o the ceety o Guangzhou (Canton) an thair leid are still commonly referred tae as Cantonese in Inglis. Acause o the prestige o Canton an its accent, Cantonese *sensu lato* can be uised for the phylogenetically relatit residents an Cheenese dialects ootside the provincial caipital an aw.

## Admeenistrative divesions

| Cairt | # | Name | Admeenistrative Seat | Hanzi Hanyu Pinyin | Population (2010) |
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| **— Sub-provincial ceety —** |
| 9 | Guangzhou | Yuexiu Destrict | 广州市 Guǎngzhōu Shì | 12,700,800 |
| 21 | Shenzhen | Futian Destrict | 深圳市 Shēnzhèn Shì | 10,357,938 |
| **— Prefecture-level city —** |
| 1 | Qingyuan | Qingcheng Destrict | 清远市 Qīngyuǎn Shì | 3,698,394 |
| 2 | Shaoguan | Zhenjiang Destrict | 韶关市 Sháoguān Shì | 2,826,612 |
| 3 | Heyuan | Yuancheng Destrict | 河源市 Héyuán Shì | 2,953,019 |
| 4 | Meizhou | Meijiang Destrict | 梅州市 Méizhōu Shì | 4,240,139 |
| 5 | Chaozhou | Fengxi Destrict | 潮州市 Cháozhōu Shì | 2,669,844 |
| 6 | Zhaoqing | Duanzhou Destrict | 肇庆市 Zhàoqìng Shì | 3,918,085 |
| 7 | Yunfu | Yuncheng Destrict | 云浮市 Yúnfú Shì | 2,360,128 |
| 8 | Foshan | Chancheng Destrict | 佛山市 Fóshān Shì | 7,194,311 |
| 10 | Dongguan | *Dongguan* (Nancheng Destrict) | 东莞市 Dōngguǎn Shì | 8,220,237 |
| 11 | Huizhou | Huicheng Destrict | 惠州市 Hùizhōu Shì | 4,597,002 |
| 12 | Shanwei | Chengqu Destrict | 汕尾市 Shànwěi Shì | 2,935,717 |
| 13 | Jieyang | Rongcheng District | 揭阳市 Jiēyáng Shì | 5,877,025 |
| 14 | Shantou | Jinping Destrict | 汕头市 Shàntóu Shì | 5,391,028 |
| 15 | Zhanjiang | Chikan Destrict | 湛江市 Zhànjiāng Shì | 6,993,304 |
| 16 | Maoming | Maonan Destrict | 茂名市 Màomíng Shì | 5,817,753 |
| 17 | Yangjiang | Jiangcheng Destrict | 阳江市 Yángjiāng Shì | 2,421,812 |
| 18 | Jiangmen | Pengjiang Destrict | 江门市 Jiāngmén Shì | 4,448,871 |
| 19 | Zhongshan | *Zhongshan* (Dongqu Destrict) | 中山市 Zhōngshān Shì | 3,120,884 |
| 20 | Zhuhai | Xiangzhou Destrict | 珠海市 Zhūhǎi Shì | 1,560,229 |

The abuin diveesion govren, in tot, 49 destricts, 30 coonty-level ceeties, 42 coonties, an three autonomous coonties. For coonty-level diveesions, see the leet o admeenistrative diveesions o Guangdong.

## See an aw

* Govrenors o Guangdong
* GD Greenway
* Christianity in Guangdong

## Freemit airtins

* Guangdong provincial govrenment offeecial wabsteid