Guangzhou
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Guangzhou 广州 | |
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| 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 Location in Cheenae | |
| Coordinates: 23°08′N 113°16′E / 23.133°N 113.267°ECoordinates: 23°08′N 113°16′E / 23.133°N 113.267°E | |
| Kintra | Fowkrepublic o Cheenae |
| Province | Guangdong |
| Govrenment | |
| • Teep | Sub-provincial ceety |
| • CPC Ctte Secretary | Wan Qingliang |
| • Mayor | Chen Jianhua |
| Area | |
| • Sub-provincial ceety | 7434 km2 (2870 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 3843 km2 (1484 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 21 m (68 ft) |
| Population (2014)[2] | |
| • Sub-provincial ceety | 14,080,500 |
| • Density | 1,900/km2 (4,900/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 11,547,491 |
| • Metro (2010)[4] | 25,000,000 |
| Demonym(s) | Cantonese |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (Cheenae Staundart time) |
| Postal code | 510000 |
| Area code(s) | 20 |
| GDP[5] | 2014 |
| - Tot | CN¥1,67 trillion (US$271.84 billion) |
| - Per capita | CN¥111,333 (US$18,123) |
| - Growth |  8.6% |
| Licence plate prefixes | 粤A |
| Flouer | Bombax ceiba |
| Bird | Cheenese Hwamei |
| Website | english |
Guangzhou,[6] cried Canton or Kwangchow an aa,[7] 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.[8] 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.[9]
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,[10] 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.[11] 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.[12] Includin registrated migrant population (present in the ceety 6 month or mair) ceety population is ower 14 mln[13]. In 2008 Guangzhou wis identified as a Beta Warld Ceety bi the Global ceety index produced bi GaWC.[14]
Internaitional relations
[eedit | eedit soorce]Sister ceeties
[eedit | eedit soorce]Guangzhou is twinned wi the follaein ceeties:[15]
| 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 |
Friendship ceeties
[eedit | eedit soorce]Guangzhou haes the follaein friendship ceeties:[16]
| 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 |
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ "土地面积、人口密度（2008年）[[Category:Airticles conteenin Cheenese-leid text]]". Statistics Bureau of Guangzhou. Archived frae the original on 23 Mairch 2015. Retrieved 8 Februar 2010. URL–wikilink conflict (help)
- ↑ 2014年广州市国民经济和社会发展统计公报 [Guangzhou Economic and Social Development Statistics Bulletin 2014]. Guangzhou Daily. 22 Mairch 2015. Archived frae the original on 12 Mairch 2016. Retrieved 1 Mey 2015.
- ↑ 统计年鉴2014 [Statistical Yearbook 2014] (in Chinese
Guangzhou Cantonese). Statistics Bureau of Guangzhou. 7 Apryle 2015. Archived frae the original on 14 December 2009. Retrieved 1 Mey 2015.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link) - ↑ "OECD Urban Policy Reviews: China 2015". OECD. Retrieved 1 Mey 2015.
- ↑ 2010年广州市国民经济和社会发展统计公报 (in Chinese). Statistics Bureau of Guangzhou. 7 Apryle 2011. Archived frae the original on 9 Januar 2019. Retrieved 25 Mey 2011.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
- ↑ "MapMachine". Maps.nationalgeographic.com. Retrieved 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[[Category:Airticles conteenin Cheenese-leid text]]". Southern Metropolitan Daily. 9 Februar 2010. Archived frae the original on 31 Julie 2013. Retrieved 29 Julie 2010. Italic or bold markup not allowed in:
|publisher=(help); URL–wikilink conflict (help) - ↑ "Tourism Administration of Guangzhou Municipality". visitgz.com. Archived frae the original on 6 September 2010. Retrieved 21 Mairch 2010.
- ↑ "Demographia World Urban Areas population projections" (PDF). Archived frae the original (PDF) on 9 August 2006. Retrieved 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 Archived 2010-07-21 at the Wayback Machine 03-29-2010
- ↑ "Guangzhou Population is over 14 mln. Xinghua Agency. 2010-06-18". Archived frae the original on 4 Februar 2012. Retrieved 8 Februar 2011.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived frae the original on 1 Februar 2012. Retrieved 8 Februar 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ↑ "Sister Cities of Guangzhou". Guangzhou Foreign Affairs Office. Archived frae the original on 20 October 2011. Retrieved 10 Februar 2010.
- ↑ "Friendship Cities of Guangzhou". Archived frae the original on 7 Mairch 2016. Retrieved 25 Mairch 2010.
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