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Guangzhou

Quảng Châu
Quảng Châu thị
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
Location o Guangzhou Ceety (yellae) in Guangdong
Guangzhou is located in Cheenae
Guangzhou
Guangzhou
Location in Cheenae
Coordinates:23°08′N113°16′E/ 23.133°N 113.267°E/23.133; 113.267Coordinates:23°08′N113°16′E/ 23.133°N 113.267°E/23.133; 113.267
KintraFowkrepublic o Cheenae
ProvinceGuangdong
Govrenment
• TeepSub-provincial ceety
CPC Ctte SecretaryWan Qingliang
MayorChen Jianhua
Area
Sub-provincial ceety7434 km2(2870 sq mi)
• Urban
3843 km2(1484 sq mi)
Elevation
21 m (68 ft)
Population
(2014)[2]
Sub-provincial ceety14,080,500
• Density1,900/km2(4,900/sq mi)
Urban11,547,491
Metro
(2010)[4]
25,000,000
Demonym(s)Cantonese
Time zoneUTC+8(Cheenae Staundart time)
Postal code
510000
Area code(s)20
GDP[5]2014
- TotCN¥1,67 trillion
(US$271.84 billion)
- Per capitaCN¥111,333
(US$18,123)
- GrowthIncrease8.6%
Licence plateprefixesViệtA
FlouerBombax ceiba
BirdCheenese Hwamei
Websiteenglish.gz.gov.cn

Guangzhou,[6]criedCantonorKwangchowan aa,[7]is asub-provincial ceetyan the caipital o theGuangdongprovince in theFowkrepublic o Cheenae.It is ane o the fiveNational Central Ceeties.[8]Locatit insoothren Cheenaeon thePearl River,aboot 120 km (75 mi) northwast oHong Kong,Guangzhou is a key transportation hub antradin 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 anurban auriepopulation o roughly 11.85 million,[10]makin it the maist populous ceety in the province an thethird maist populousmetropolitan aurieain 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 efterTokyo.[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 aBeta Warld Ceetybi the Global ceety index produced bi GaWC.[14]

Internaitional relations

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Sister ceeties

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Guangzhou istwinnedwi the follaein ceeties:[15]

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

Friendship ceeties

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Guangzhou haes the follaein friendship ceeties:[16]

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

References

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  2. 2014 năm Quảng Châu thị kinh tế quốc dân cùng xã hội phát triển thống kê công báo[Guangzhou Economic and Social Development Statistics Bulletin 2014].Guangzhou Daily.22 Mairch 2015. Archived fraethe originalon 12 Mairch 2016.Retrieved1 Mey2015.
  3. Thống kê niêm giám 2014[Statistical Yearbook 2014] (in Chinese
    Guangzhou Cantonese). Statistics Bureau of Guangzhou. 7 Apryle 2015. Archived fraethe originalon 14 December 2009.Retrieved1 Mey2015.
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  4. "OECD Urban Policy Reviews: China 2015".OECD.Retrieved1 Mey2015.
  5. 2010 năm Quảng Châu thị kinh tế quốc dân cùng xã hội phát triển thống kê công báo(in Chinese). Statistics Bureau of Guangzhou. 7 Apryle 2011. Archived fraethe originalon 9 Januar 2019.Retrieved25 Mey2011.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
  6. "MapMachine".Maps.nationalgeographic.Retrieved6 Mey2010.
  7. "Guangzhou (China)".Encyclopædia Britannica. Accessed 12 September 2010.
  8. "Cả nước thành trấn quy hoạch xác định năm đại trung tâm thành thị[[Category:Airticles conteenin Cheenese-leid text]] ".Southern Metropolitan Daily. 9 Februar 2010. Archived fraethe originalon 31 Julie 2013.Retrieved29 Julie2010.Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help);URL–wikilink conflict (help)
  9. "Tourism Administration of Guangzhou Municipality".visitgz.Archived fraethe originalon 6 September 2010.Retrieved21 Mairch2010.
  10. "Demographia World Urban Areas population projections"(PDF).Archived fraethe original(PDF)on 9 August 2006.Retrieved6 Mey2010.
  11. http:// citypopulation.de/world/Agglomerations.html
  12. 2009 năm Quảng Châu thị kinh tế quốc dân cùng xã hội phát triển thống kê công báoArchived2010-07-21 at theWayback Machine03-29-2010
  13. "Guangzhou Population is over 14 mln. Xinghua Agency. 2010-06-18".Archived fraethe originalon 4 Februar 2012.Retrieved8 Februar2011.
  14. "Archived copy".Archived fraethe originalon 1 Februar 2012.Retrieved8 Februar2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  15. "Sister Cities of Guangzhou".Guangzhou Foreign Affairs Office. Archived fraethe originalon 20 October 2011.Retrieved10 Februar2010.
  16. "Friendship Cities of Guangzhou".Archived fraethe originalon 7 Mairch 2016.Retrieved25 Mairch2010.