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Guangzhou. / 23.13000°N 113.26000°E / 23.13000; 113.26000. 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) north-northwest of Hong Kong and 145 km (90 mi) north of Macau, Guangzhou has a ...
Xinning. 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.
Shawan Ancient Town (Chinese: 沙湾古镇) is an 800 year old town located in the Panyu District of Guangzhou in southern China, founded during the Song Dynasty. It's traditionally linked to the historical and folk Lingan culture. The Town area covers 153 hectares and it's divided into an east village, west village, and north village.
The Japanese occupied the territory in February 1943. In 1945, following the surrender of Japan, France formally relinquished Guangzhouwan to the Republic of China . The territory did not experience the rapid growth in population that other parts of coastal China experienced, rising from 189,000 in the early 20th century [2] to just 209,000 in ...
Chaozhou ( Chinese : 潮州 ), alternatively Chiuchow, [3] Chaochow [4] or Teochew, [5] is a city in the eastern Guangdong province of China. It borders Shantou to the south, Jieyang to the southwest, Meizhou to the northwest, the province of Fujian to the east, and the South China Sea to the southeast.
Shantou, alternately romanized as Swatow [3] [4] and sometimes known as Santow, [5] is a prefecture-level city on the eastern coast of Guangdong, China, with a total population of 5,502,031 as of the 2020 census (5,391,028 in 2010) and an administrative area of 2,248.39 square kilometres (868.11 sq mi). However, its built-up (or metro) area is ...
The district's area is 512.15 km 2 (197.74 sq mi) and its permanent population as of 2010 is 324,773. [1] [2] Lüshunkou is located at the extreme southern tip of the Liaodong Peninsula. It has an excellent natural harbor, the possession and control of which became a casus belli of the Russo-Japanese War (1904–05).
Kaiping ( Chinese: 开平 ), alternately romanized in Cantonese as Hoiping, [a] in local dialect as Hoihen, is a county-level city in Guangdong Province, China. It is located in the western section of the Pearl River Delta and administered as part of the prefecture-level city of Jiangmen. The surrounding area, especially Sze Yup (Chinese ...