Guangdong
province of China
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Guangdong is an administrative area with a population of 126.0M as recorded in 2020[1]. The region covers a total area of 180k.
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: People's Republic of China[3]
- Country: People's Republic of China[4]
- Head of government: Wang Weizhong[5]
- Continent: Asia[6]
- Capital: Guangzhou[7]
- Shares border with: Guangxi[8], Hunan[9], Jiangxi[10], Fujian[11], Hong Kong[12], Macau[13]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Shenzhen[14], Guangzhou[15], Zhuhai[16], Shantou[17], Shaoguan[18], Foshan[19], Jiangmen[20], Zhanjiang[21], Maoming[22], Zhaoqing[23], Huizhou[24], Meizhou[25], Shanwei[26], Heyuan[27]
- Twinned administrative body: Valparaíso[28], Hyōgo Prefecture[29], Tokushima Prefecture[30], British Columbia[31], Alberta[32], Bavaria[33]
- Legislative body: Guangdong Provincial People's Congress[34]
- Party chief representative: Huang Kunming[35]
- Part of: Southeast China[36]
- Commons category: Guangdong[37]
- Located in time zone: UTC+08:00[38]
- Highest point: Shikengkong[39]
- Official website: http://www.gd.gov.cn/[40]
- Topic's main category: Category:Guangdong[41]
- Commons gallery: 广东[42]
- Population: 106,440,000[43], 107,240,000[44], 108,490,000[45], 109,990,000[46], 111,690,000[47], 113,460,000[48], 126,012,510[49]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[50], Gujin Tushu Jicheng[51], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[52], The New Student's Reference Work[53]
Why It Matters
Guangdong has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[54] Guangdong is known by 62 alternative names across languages and contexts.[55]