Guangzhou
Guangzhou,[1] an aa kent as Canton or Kwangchow,[2] is a sub-provincial ceety an the caipital o the Guangdong province in the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae. It is ane o the five National Central Ceeties.[3] Locatit in soothren Cheenae on the Pearl River, aboot 120 km (75 mi) northwast o Hong Kong, Guangzhou is a key transportation hub an tradin port.[4]
Guangzhou is the third lairgest ceety in Cheenae an soothren Cheenae's lairgest ceety. As o the 2000 census, the ceety haed a population o 6 million, an an urban aurie population o roughly 11.85 million,[5] makin it the maist populous ceety in the province an the third maist populous metropolitan auriea in Cheenae. Some estimates place the population o the entire urban agglomeration as heich as 24.2 million, makin it the 2nt biggest urban aurie in the warld efter Tokyo.[6] The Guangzhou govrenment's offeecial estimate o the ceety's population at the end o 2009 wis 10,334,500, an addition o 152,500 fowk frae the previous year.[7] Includin registrated migrant population (present in the ceety 6 months or mair) ceety population is ower 14 mln[8]. In 2008 Guangzhou wis identified as a Beta Warld Ceety bi the Global ceety index produced bi GaWC.[9]
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[edit] Internaitional relations
[edit] Sister ceeties
Guangzhou is twinned wi the follaein ceeties:[10]
| Kintra | Ceety | Coonty/Destrict/Province/Region/State | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
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Fukuoka | Fukuoka | 2 Mey 1979 |
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Los Angeles | Californie | 8 December 1981 |
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Manila | Metro Manila | 5 November 1982 |
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Vancouver | Breetish Columbie | 27 Mairch 1985 |
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Sydney | New Sooth Wales | 12 Mey 1986 |
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Bari | Bari | 12 November 1986 |
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Lyon | Rhône | 19 Januar 1988 |
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Frankfurt | Hesse | 11 Aprile 1988 |
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Auckland | Auckland | 17 Februar 1989 |
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Gwangju | Gwangju | 25 October 1996 |
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Linköping | Östergötland | 24 November 1997 |
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Durban | KwaZulu-Natal | 17 Julie 2000 |
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Bristol | Ingland | 23 Mey 2001 |
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Yekaterinburg | Sverdlovsk | 10 Julie 2002 |
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Arequipa | Arequipa | 27 October 2004 |
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Surabaya | East Java | 21 December 2005 |
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Vilnius | Vilnius | 12 October 2006 |
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Birmingham | Ingland | 4 December 2006 |
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Hambantota | Hambantota | 27 Februar 2007 |
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Recife | Pernambuco | 22 October 2007 |
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Tampere | Pirkanmaa | 2 December 2008 |
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Bangkok | Bangkok | 13 November 2009 |
[edit] Friendship ceeties
Guangzhou haes the follaein friendship ceeties:[11]
| Kintra | Ceety | County/District/Province/Region/State | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
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Salvador | Bahia | 6 Aprile 1996 |
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Ho Chi Minh Ceety | Municipality o Vietnam | 11 Aprile 1996 |
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Ōita | Ōita | 9 October 1997 |
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Khabarovsk | Khabarovsk | 15 October 1997 |
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Dubai | Dubai | 1 Juin 2000 |
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Guam | Unincorporated organized territories | 28 Mairch 2002 |
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Noboribetsu | Hokkaidō | 19 Mey 2002 |
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Melbourne | Victoria | 9 Aprile 2003 |
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Alexandria | Alexandria | 17 Julie 2003 |
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Barcelona | Catalonie | 23 October 2003 |
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Bishkek | Chuy | 1 December 2004 |
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Havana | Havana | 15 Juin 2005 |
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Düsseldorf | North Rhine-Westphalie | 15 Julie 2006 |
[edit] References
- ↑ MapMachine. Maps.nationalgeographic.com. Retrieved on 6 Mey 2010. .
- ↑ "Guangzhou (China)". Encyclopædia Britannica. Accessed 12 September 2010.
- ↑ "全国城镇规划确定五大中心城市", 'Southern Metropolitan Daily', 2010-02-09. Retrieved on 29 Julie 2010..
- ↑ Tourism Administration of Guangzhou Municipality. visitgz.com. Retrieved on 21 Mairch 2010. .
- ↑ Demographia World Urban Areas population projections (PDF). Retrieved on 6 Mey 2010. .
- ↑ http://www.citypopulation.de/world/Agglomerations.html
- ↑ 2009年广州市国民经济和社会发展统计公报 03-29-2010
- ↑ Guangzhou Population is over 14 mln. Xinghua Agency. 2010-06-18
- ↑ http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2008/10/15/the_2008_global_cities_index
- ↑ Sister Cities of Guangzhou. Guangzhou Foreign Affairs Office. Retrieved on 10 Februar 2010. .
- ↑ Friendship Cities of Guangzhou. Retrieved on 25 Mairch 2010. .
