Guangdong

Guangdong
Simplifee'd Cheenese	广东
Traditional Cheenese	廣東
Cantonese Jyutping	Gwong2 Dung1
Cantonese Yale	Gwóngdūng
Hanyu Pinyin	Guǎngdōng
Transcriptions
Hakka
- Romanisation	Kóng-tûng [gong31 dung24]
Mandarin
- Hanyu Pinyin	Guǎngdōng
- Wade–Giles	Kuang-tung; [Listen]?
- IPA	[kwɑ̀ŋtʊ́ŋ]
- Postal Map	Canton, Kwangtung
Min
- Hokkien POJ	Kńg-tang
- Min-dong BUC	Guōng-dĕ̤ng
Wu
- Romanisation	kuaon tong
Cantonese (Yue)
- Jyutping	Gwong2 Dung1
- Yale Romanisation	Gwóngdūng

Guangdong Province
	Guangdong Province
Cheenese :	广东省
	Guǎngdōng Shěng
	Cantonese Jyutping: Gwong2 Dung1 Saang2; Cantonese Yale: Gwóngdūng Sáang
	Abbreviations: (pinyin: Yuè, Jyutping: Jyut6, Yale: Yuht)
Oreegin o name	广 guǎng - "Wide"; 东 dōng- "East"; Lit. "The Eastern Expanse"
Admeenistration type	Province
Caipital; (an lairgest ceety)	Guangzhou
CPC Ctte Secretary	Wang Yang
Governor	Zhu Xiaodan
Aurie	177,900 km2 (68,700 sq mi) (15th)
- Latitude	20° 13' tae 25° 31' N
- Longitude	109° 40' tae 117° 20' E
Population (2010); - Density	104,303,132 (1st); 536 /km2 (1,390 /sq mi) (7th)
GDP (2011); - per caipita	CNY 5.30 trillion; US$ 838.60 billion (1st); CNY 50,295; US$ 7,787 (8th)
HDI (2008)	0.844 (high) (4th)
Ethnic composition	Han - 99%; Zhuang - 0.7%; Yao - 0.2%
Leids an dialects	Cantonese; Hakka; Teochew; Leizhou; Putonghua
Prefectural level	21 diveesions
Coonty level	121 diveesions
Tounship level*	1642 diveesions
ISO 3166-2	CN-44
	Offeecial wabsteid; http://www.gd.gov.cn; (Simplifeed Cheenese characters)
	Source for population and GDP data: 《中国统计年鉴—2005》 China Statistical Yearbook 2005; ISBN 7503747382 Source for nationalities data: 《2000年人口普查中国民族人口资料》 Tabulation on nationalities of 2000 population census of China; ISBN 7105054255 *As at December 31, 2004
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This airticle conteens Cheenese text. Ithoot proper renderin support, ye micht can see quaisten merks, boxes, or ither seembols insteid o Cheenese chairacters.

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 become 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 months o the year.^[2]^[3] The provincial caipital Guangzhou an economic hub Shenzhen are amangst the maist populous an important ceeties in Cheenae.

Syne 1989 Guangdong haes toppit the total GDP rankins amang aw provincial-level diveesions, wi Jiangsu an Shandong seicont an third in rank. Accordin tae provincial annual preliminary statistics,^[4] 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.^[5] 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 [edit]

"Guang" itsel means "expanse" or "vast", an haes been associatit wi the region since the creation o Guang Prefectur in AD 226. "Guangdong" an neebourin Guangxi literally mean "expanse east" an "expanse wast". Together, Guangdong an Guangxi are cried the "Dual-Guangs" (兩廣 liăng guăng). Durin the Song 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, though etymologically derivit frae a Portuguese transliteration o "Guangdong", refers anerlie tae the provincial capital insteid o the whole province, as documentit bi authoritative Inglis dictionaries. The local fowk o the ceety o Guangzhou (Canton) an their leid are still commonly referred to 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 [edit]

Main airticle: Leet o admeenistrative diveesions o Guangdong

#	Name	Admeenistrative Seat	Hanzi Hanyu Pinyin	Population (2010)

— Sub-provincial ceety —
9	Guangzhou	Yuexiu Destrict	广州市 Guǎngzhōu Shì	12,700,800
21	Shenzhen	Futian Destrict	深圳市 Shēnzhèn Shì	10,357,938
— Prefecture-level city —
1	Qingyuan	Qingcheng Destrict	清远市 Qīngyuǎn Shì	3,698,394
2	Shaoguan	Zhenjiang Destrict	韶关市 Sháoguān Shì	2,826,612
3	Heyuan	Yuancheng Destrict	河源市 Héyuán Shì	2,953,019
4	Meizhou	Meijiang Destrict	梅州市 Méizhōu Shì	4,240,139
5	Chaozhou	Fengxi Destrict	潮州市 Cháozhōu Shì	2,669,844
6	Zhaoqing	Duanzhou Destrict	肇庆市 Zhàoqìng Shì	3,918,085
7	Yunfu	Yuncheng Destrict	云浮市 Yúnfú Shì	2,360,128
8	Foshan	Chancheng Destrict	佛山市 Fóshān Shì	7,194,311
10	Dongguan	Dongguan (Nancheng Destrict)	东莞市 Dōngguǎn Shì	8,220,237
11	Huizhou	Huicheng Destrict	惠州市 Hùizhōu Shì	4,597,002
12	Shanwei	Chengqu Destrict	汕尾市 Shànwěi Shì	2,935,717
13	Jieyang	Rongcheng District	揭阳市 Jiēyáng Shì	5,877,025
14	Shantou	Jinping Destrict	汕头市 Shàntóu Shì	5,391,028
15	Zhanjiang	Chikan Destrict	湛江市 Zhànjiāng Shì	6,993,304
16	Maoming	Maonan Destrict	茂名市 Màomíng Shì	5,817,753
17	Yangjiang	Jiangcheng Destrict	阳江市 Yángjiāng Shì	2,421,812
18	Jiangmen	Pengjiang Destrict	江门市 Jiāngmén Shì	4,448,871
19	Zhongshan	Zhongshan (Dongqu Destrict)	中山市 Zhōngshān Shì	3,120,884
20	Zhuhai	Xiangzhou Destrict	珠海市 Zhūhǎi Shì	1,560,229

The abuin diveesion govren, in total, 49 destricts, 30 coonty-level ceeties, 42 coonties, an three autonomous coonties. For coonty-level diveesions, see the leet o admeenistrative diveesions o Guangdong.