Guangzhou

Guangzhou From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigationJump to search For other uses, see Guangzhou (disambiguation). "廣州" redirects here. For the South Korean city with the similar Hanja spelling 廣州, see Gwangju, Gyeonggi. For other places with same name "Canton", see Canton. Canton 广州市 Guangzhou; Kwongchow Prefecture-level and Sub-provincial city From top: Tianhe CBD, the Canton Tower and Chigang Pagoda, Haizhu Bridge, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, the Five Goat Statue and Zhenhai Tower in Yuexiu Park, and Sacred Heart Cathedral. From top: Tianhe CBD, the Canton Tower and Chigang Pagoda, Haizhu Bridge, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, the Five Goat Statue and Zhenhai Tower in Yuexiu Park, and Sacred Heart Cathedral. Nicknames: City of Rams, City of Flowers, Suicheng, others Wikimedia | © OpenStreetMap Location of Guangzhou City jurisdiction in Guangdong Location of Guangzhou City jurisdiction in Guangdong Canton is located in GuangdongCantonCanton Location of the city center in Guangdong Show map of Guangdong Show map of China Show all Coordinates (Guangdong People's Government): 23°07′55″N 113°15′58″ECoordinates: 23°07′55″N 113°15′58″E Country People's Republic of China Province Guangdong Government • Type Sub-provincial city • CPC Ctte Secretary Zhang Shuofu • Mayor Wen Guohui Area[1] • Prefecture-level and Sub-provincial city 7,434.4 km2 (2,870 sq mi) • Urban 3,843.43 km2 (1,483.95 sq mi) Elevation 21 m (68 ft) Population (2018 end)[2] • Prefecture-level and Sub-provincial city 14,904,400 • Density 2,000/km2 (5,200/sq mi) • Urban[3] 11,547,491 • Metro (2010)[4] 25 million Demonym(s) Cantonese Time zone UTC+8 (China standard time) Postal code 510000 Area code(s) (0)20 ISO 3166 code CN-GD-01 GDP (nominal)[5] 2018 - Total ¥2.3 trillion $347 billion ($0.66 trillion, PPP) - Per capita ¥158,638 $23,963 ($46,778, PPP) - Growth Increase 6.5% Licence plate prefixes 粤A City Flower Bombax ceiba City Bird Chinese hwamei Languages Cantonese, Mandarin Website english.gz.gov.cn Guangzhou Guangzhou (Chinese characters).svg "Guangzhou" in Simplified (top) and Traditional (bottom) Chinese characters Simplified Chinese 广州 Traditional Chinese 廣州 Postal Canton Kwangchow Literal meaning "Broad Prefecture" showTranscriptions abbreviation Chinese 穗 showTranscriptions Guangzhou (Chinese: 广州; Cantonese pronunciation: [kʷɔ̌ːŋ.tsɐ̂u] or [kʷɔ̌ːŋ.tsɐ́u] (About this soundlisten); Mandarin pronunciation: [kwàŋ.ʈʂóu] (About this soundlisten)), also known as Canton and formerly romanized as Kwangchow or Kwong Chow,[6] is the capital and most populous city of the province of Guangdong in southern China.[7] On the Pearl River about 120 km (75 mi) north-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 maritime Silk Road,[8] and continues to serve as a major port and transportation hub, as well as one of China's three largest cities.[9] Guangzhou is at the heart of the most-populous built-up metropolitan area in mainland China that extends into the neighboring cities of Foshan, Dongguan, Zhongshan and Shenzhen, forming one of the largest urban agglomerations on the planet. Administratively, the city holds sub-provincial status[10] and is one of China's nine National Central Cities.[11] At the end of 2018, the population of the city's expansive administrative area is estimated at 14,904,400 by city authorities, up 3.8% year from the previous year.[12] Guangzhou is ranked as an Alpha global city.[13] There is a rapidly increasing number of foreign temporary residents and immigrants from Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Eastern Europe and Africa.[14][15] This has led to it being dubbed the "Capital of the Third World".[16] The domestic migrant population from other provinces of China in Guangzhou was 40% of the city's total population in 2008. Together with Shanghai, Beijing and Shenzhen, Guangzhou has one of the most expensive real estate markets in China.[17] In the late 1990s and early 2000s, nationals of sub-Saharan Africa who had initially settled in the Middle East and other parts of Southeast Asia moved in unprecedented numbers to Guangzhou in response to the 1997/98 Asian financial crisis.[18] Long the only Chinese port accessible to most foreign traders, Guangzhou fell to the British during the First Opium War. No longer enjoying a monopoly after the war, it lost trade to other ports such as Hong Kong and Shanghai, but continued to serve as a major entrepôt. In modern commerce, Guangzhou is best known for its annual Canton Fair, the oldest and largest trade fair in China. For three consecutive years (2013–2015), Forbes ranked Guangzhou as the best commercial city in mainland China.[19]