Guangzhou

Guangzhou, cried Canton or Kwangchow an aa,"Guangzhou (China)". Encyclopædia Britannica. Accessed 12 September 2010. is a sub-provincial ceety an the caipital o the Guangdong province in the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae. It is ane o the five National Central Ceeties. Locatit in soothren Cheenae on the Pearl River, aboot 120 km (75 mi) northwast o Hong Kong, Guangzhou is a key transportation hub an tradin port.

Guangzhou is the third lairgest ceety in Cheenae an soothren Cheenae's lairgest ceety. As o the 2000 census, the ceety haed a population o 6 million, an an urban aurie population o roughly 11.85 million, makin it the maist populous ceety in the province an the third maist populous metropolitan auriea in Cheenae. Some estimates place the population o the entire urban agglomeration as heich as 24.2 million, makin it the 2nt biggest urban aurie in the warld efter Tokyo.http://www.citypopulation.de/world/Agglomerations.html The Guangzhou govrenment's offeecial estimate o the ceety's population at the end o 2009 wis 10,334,500, an addition o 152,500 fowk frae the previous year.2009年广州市国民经济和社会发展统计公报  03-29-2010 Includin registrated migrant population (present in the ceety 6 month or mair) ceety population is ower 14 mln.  In 2008 Guangzhou wis identified as a Beta Warld Ceety bi the Global ceety index produced bi GaWC.

Internaitional relations

Sister ceeties
Guangzhou is twinned wi the follaein ceeties:
 Kintra Ceety Coonty/Destrict/Province/Region/State Date  Fukuoka Fukuoka 2 Mey 1979  Los Angeles Californie 8 December 1981  Manila Metro Manila 5 November 1982  Vancouver Breetish Columbie 27 Mairch 1985  Sydney New Sooth Wales 12 Mey 1986  Bari Bari 12 November 1986  Lyon Rhône 19 Januar 1988  Frankfurt Hesse 11 Aprile 1988  Auckland Auckland 17 Februar 1989  Gwangju Gwangju 25 October 1996  Linköping Östergötland 24 November 1997  Durban KwaZulu-Natal 17 Julie 2000  Bristol Ingland 23 Mey 2001  Yekaterinburg Sverdlovsk 10 Julie 2002  Arequipa Arequipa 27 October 2004  Surabaya East Java 21 December 2005  Vilnius Vilnius 12 October 2006  Birmingham Ingland 4 December 2006  Hambantota Hambantota 27 Februar 2007  Recife Pernambuco 22 October 2007  Tampere Pirkanmaa 2 December 2008  Bangkok Bangkok 13 November 2009

Friendship ceeties
Guangzhou haes the follaein friendship ceeties:
 Kintra Ceety County/District/Province/Region/State Date  Salvador Bahia 6 Aprile 1996  Ho Chi Minh Ceety Municipality o Vietnam 11 Aprile 1996  Ōita Ōita 9 October 1997  Khabarovsk Khabarovsk 15 October 1997  Dubai Dubai 1 Juin 2000  Guam Unincorporated organized territories 28 Mairch 2002  Noboribetsu Hokkaidō 19 Mey 2002  Melbourne Victoria 9 Aprile 2003  Alexandria Alexandria 17 Julie 2003  Barcelona Catalonie 23 October 2003  Bishkek Chuy 1 December 2004  Havana Havana 15 Juin 2005  Düsseldorf North Rhine-Westphalie 15 Julie 2006

References

Category:214 BC establishments

Category:Provincial caipitals in Cheenae
Category:Sister ceeties o Kota Kinabalu
Category:Sub-provincial ceeties in the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae
Canton