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Guangzhou
广州
—  Sub-provincial ceety  —
广州市
Frae top: Tianhe CBD, the Canton Tower & Chigang Pagoda, Haizhu Bridge, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Statue o Five Goats, Zhenhai Tower in Yuexiu Park, an Sacred Heart Cathedral.
Location o Guangzhou Ceety (yellae) in Guangdong
Guangzhou is located in China
Guangzhou
Location in Cheenae
Coordinates: 23°08′N 113°16′E / 23.133°N 113.267°E / 23.133; 113.267
Kintra Fowkrepublic o Cheenae
Province Guangdong
Govrenment
 - CPC Ctte Secretary Wan Qingliang
 - Mayor Chen Jianhua
Aurie[1]
 - Sub-provincial ceety 7,434 km2 (2,870 sq mi)
 - Urban 3,843 km2 (1,484 sq mi)
Hicht 21 m (68 ft)
Indwallers (2010)[2]
 - Sub-provincial ceety 12,700,800
 Densitie 1,708/km2 (4,425/sq mi)
 Urban 11,070,654
Demonym Guangzhouese
Cantonese
Time zone Cheenae Staundart time (UTC+8)
Postal code 510000
Aurie code(s) 20
GDP[3] 2010
 - Total CN¥1060.448 billion
(US$163.3 billion)
 - Per caipita CN¥83,494
(US$12,860)
 - Growt Increase 13.0%
Licence plate prefixes A
Wabsteid http://english.gz.gov.cn

Guangzhou,[4] an aa kent as Canton or Kwangchow,[5] 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.[6] 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.[7]

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,[8] 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.[9] 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.[10] Includin registrated migrant population (present in the ceety 6 months or mair) ceety population is ower 14 mln[11]. In 2008 Guangzhou wis identified as a Beta Warld Ceety bi the Global ceety index produced bi GaWC.[12]

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Internaitional relations [edit]

Sister ceeties [edit]

Guangzhou is twinned wi the follaein ceeties:[13]

Kintra Ceety Coonty/Destrict/Province/Region/State Date
Banner o Japan Fukuoka Fukuoka 2 Mey 1979
Banner o Unitit States Los Angeles Californie 8 December 1981
Banner o Philippines Manila Metro Manila 5 November 1982
Banner o Canada Vancouver Breetish Columbie 27 Mairch 1985
Banner o Australia Sydney New Sooth Wales 12 Mey 1986
Banner o Italy Bari Bari 12 November 1986
Banner o France Lyon Rhône 19 Januar 1988
Banner o Germany Frankfurt Hesse 11 Aprile 1988
Banner o New Zealand Auckland Auckland 17 Februar 1989
Banner o South Korea Gwangju Gwangju 25 October 1996
Banner o Sweden Linköping Östergötland 24 November 1997
Banner o South Africa Durban KwaZulu-Natal 17 Julie 2000
Banner o Unitit Kinrick Bristol Ingland 23 Mey 2001
Banner o Russia Yekaterinburg Sverdlovsk 10 Julie 2002
Banner o Peru Arequipa Arequipa 27 October 2004
Banner o Indonesia Surabaya East Java 21 December 2005
Banner o Lithuania Vilnius Vilnius 12 October 2006
Banner o Unitit Kinrick Birmingham Ingland 4 December 2006
Banner o Sri Lanka Hambantota Hambantota 27 Februar 2007
Banner o Brazil Recife Pernambuco 22 October 2007
Banner o Finland Tampere Pirkanmaa 2 December 2008
Banner o Thailand Bangkok Bangkok 13 November 2009

Friendship ceeties [edit]

Guangzhou haes the follaein friendship ceeties:[14]

Kintra Ceety County/District/Province/Region/State Date
Banner o Brazil Salvador Bahia 6 Aprile 1996
Banner o Vietnam Ho Chi Minh Ceety Municipality o Vietnam 11 Aprile 1996
Banner o Japan Ōita Ōita 9 October 1997
Banner o Russia Khabarovsk Khabarovsk 15 October 1997
Banner o the United Arab Emirates Dubai Dubai 1 Juin 2000
Banner o United States Guam Unincorporated organized territories 28 Mairch 2002
Banner o Japan Noboribetsu Hokkaidō 19 Mey 2002
Banner o Australia Melbourne Victoria 9 Aprile 2003
Banner o Egypt Alexandria Alexandria 17 Julie 2003
Banner o Spain Barcelona Catalonie 23 October 2003
Banner o Kyrgyzstan Bishkek Chuy 1 December 2004
Banner o Cuba Havana Havana 15 Juin 2005
Banner o Germany Düsseldorf North Rhine-Westphalie 15 Julie 2006

References [edit]

  1. 土地面积、人口密度(2008年). Statistics Bureau of Guangzhou. Retrieved on 8 Februar 2010. .
  2. 广州市2010年第六次全国人口普查主要数据公报 (Chinese). Statistics Bureau of Guangzhou (2011-05-16). Retrieved on 25 Mey 2011. .
  3. 2010年广州市国民经济和社会发展统计公报 (Chinese). Statistics Bureau of Guangzhou (2011-04-07). Retrieved on 25 Mey 2011. .
  4. MapMachine. Maps.nationalgeographic.com. Retrieved on 6 Mey 2010. .
  5. "Guangzhou (China)". Encyclopædia Britannica. Accessed 12 September 2010.
  6. "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..
  7. Tourism Administration of Guangzhou Municipality. visitgz.com. Retrieved on 21 Mairch 2010. .
  8. Demographia World Urban Areas population projections (PDF). Retrieved on 6 Mey 2010. .
  9. http://www.citypopulation.de/world/Agglomerations.html
  10. 2009年广州市国民经济和社会发展统计公报 03-29-2010
  11. Guangzhou Population is over 14 mln. Xinghua Agency. 2010-06-18
  12. http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2008/10/15/the_2008_global_cities_index
  13. Sister Cities of Guangzhou. Guangzhou Foreign Affairs Office. Retrieved on 10 Februar 2010. .
  14. Friendship Cities of Guangzhou. Retrieved on 25 Mairch 2010. .