Guangdong

province of China
AdministrativeArea province_of_china Q15175
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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.

Guangdong

Summary

Guangdong is a province of China[1]. Guangdong ranks in the top 4% of province_of_china entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,447 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Guangdong is located in People's Republic of China[3].
  • Guangdong is in the country of People's Republic of China[4].
  • Guangdong's head of government is recorded as Wang Weizhong[5].
  • Guangdong is on the continent of Asia[6].
  • Guangdong's instance of is recorded as province of China[7].
  • Guangdong's capital is recorded as Guangzhou[8].
  • Guangdong's shares border with is recorded as Guangxi[9].
  • Guangdong's shares border with is recorded as Hunan[10].
  • Guangdong's shares border with is recorded as Jiangxi[11].
  • Guangdong's shares border with is recorded as Fujian[12].
  • Guangdong's shares border with is recorded as Hong Kong[13].
  • Guangdong's shares border with is recorded as Macau[14].
  • Guangdong's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Shenzhen[15].
  • Guangdong's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Guangzhou[16].
  • Guangdong's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Zhuhai[17].
  • Guangdong's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Shantou[18].
  • Guangdong's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Shaoguan[19].
  • Guangdong's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Foshan[20].
  • Guangdong's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Jiangmen[21].
  • Guangdong's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Zhanjiang[22].
  • Guangdong's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Maoming[23].
  • Guangdong's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Zhaoqing[24].
  • Guangdong's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Huizhou[25].
  • Guangdong's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Meizhou[26].
  • Guangdong's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Shanwei[27].

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Geography

Guangdong is in the country of People's Republic of China[4]. Guangdong is located in People's Republic of China[3]. Guangdong is on the continent of Asia[6]. Guangdong is part of Southeast China[28].

Physical Characteristics

Population counts include {'amount': '+106440000'}[29], {'amount': '+107240000'}[30], {'amount': '+108490000'}[31], {'amount': '+109990000'}[32], {'amount': '+111690000'}[33], and {'amount': '+113460000'}[34].

Designation and Status

Guangdong's instance of is recorded as province of China[7].

Why It Matters

Guangdong ranks in the top 4% of province_of_china entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,447 views/month).[2] Guangdong has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] Guangdong is known by 47 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] . data.stats.gov.cn. data.stats.gov.cn. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [30] . data.stats.gov.cn. data.stats.gov.cn. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [31] . data.stats.gov.cn. data.stats.gov.cn. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [32] . data.stats.gov.cn. data.stats.gov.cn. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [33] . data.stats.gov.cn. data.stats.gov.cn. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [34] . data.stats.gov.cn. data.stats.gov.cn. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Category of associated people Category:People from Guangdong
    Coordinate location {'lat': 23.4, 'lon': 113.5}
    Area {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+179800'}
    Topic has template Template:Guangdong
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