Chang'an, Dongguan

For the ancient capital of China on the site of present-day Xi'an, see Chang'an.

Chang'an Town (Chinese: 长安镇; pinyin: Cháng'ān zhèn) is an industrial town in the south east of the Dongguan prefecture-level city in the Pearl River Delta of Guangdong Province, China.

Chang'an 长安镇
Town
Chang'an is labelled '14' on this map of Dongguan
Chang'an Location in Guangdong
Coordinates: 22°48′55″N 113°48′09″E
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Guangdong
Prefecture-level city	Dongguan
Area
• Total	81.53 km2 (31.48 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	807,400
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)

Population

The population of Chang'an was 594,809 at the 2000 Census, making it the most populous town (zhèn) in China at that count.^[1] By 2021, according to the local government, the permanent population of Chang'an will be 807,400.^[2]

Economy

There are many manufacturing operations which tailor to the needs of the export industry, and as a result, Chang'an is one of the wealthiest districts in China. As Dongguan is an agglomeration of towns without a central core (multicore), the town is more economically connected to adjacent Shenzhen than the smaller urban cores of Dongguan.

Transportation

State Highway 107, Guangshen Expressway G4 and Guangshen Yanjiang Expressway S3 run through the area.