Guangdong

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.English people.com.cn 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 HanziHanyu Pinyin Population (2010)451px— Sub-provincial ceety —9GuangzhouYuexiu Destrict广州市Guǎngzhōu Shì12,700,80021ShenzhenFutian Destrict深圳市Shēnzhèn Shì10,357,938— Prefecture-level city —1QingyuanQingcheng Destrict清远市Qīngyuǎn Shì3,698,3942ShaoguanZhenjiang Destrict韶关市Sháoguān Shì2,826,6123HeyuanYuancheng Destrict河源市Héyuán Shì2,953,0194MeizhouMeijiang Destrict梅州市Méizhōu Shì4,240,1395ChaozhouFengxi Destrict潮州市Cháozhōu Shì2,669,8446ZhaoqingDuanzhou Destrict肇庆市Zhàoqìng Shì3,918,0857YunfuYuncheng Destrict云浮市Yúnfú Shì2,360,1288FoshanChancheng Destrict佛山市Fóshān Shì7,194,31110DongguanDongguan(Nancheng Destrict)东莞市Dōngguǎn Shì8,220,23711HuizhouHuicheng Destrict惠州市Hùizhōu Shì4,597,00212ShanweiChengqu Destrict汕尾市Shànwěi Shì2,935,71713JieyangRongcheng District揭阳市Jiēyáng Shì5,877,02514ShantouJinping Destrict汕头市Shàntóu Shì5,391,02815ZhanjiangChikan Destrict湛江市Zhànjiāng Shì6,993,30416MaomingMaonan Destrict茂名市Màomíng Shì5,817,75317YangjiangJiangcheng Destrict阳江市Yángjiāng Shì2,421,81218JiangmenPengjiang Destrict江门市Jiāngmén Shì4,448,87119ZhongshanZhongshan(Dongqu Destrict)中山市Zhōngshān Shì3,120,88420ZhuhaiXiangzhou Destrict珠海市Zhūhǎi Shì1,560,229

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

References

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 Guangdong provincial govrenment offeecial wabsteid


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