Guangdong

Guangdong is a province on the Sooth Cheenae Sea coast o the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae. The province wis previously aften written wi the alternative Inglis name Kwangtung. It surpassed Henan an Sichuan tae acome the maist populous province in Cheenae in Januar 2005, registerin 79 million permanent residents an 31 million migrants who livit in the province for at least sax month o the year.^[2][3] The provincial caipital Guangzhou an economic hub Shenzhen are amangst the maist populous an important ceeties in Cheenae.

Guangdong Province 广东省
Province
Name transcription(s)
• Cheenese	广东省 (Guǎngdōng Shěng)
• Abbreviation	simplifeed Cheenese: 粤; traditeeonal Cheenese: 粵 (pinyin: Yuè, Jyutping: Jyut6, Yale: Yuht)
•	Cantonese Jyutping: Gwong2 Dung1 Saang2 Cantonese Yale: Gwóngdūng Sáang
Map shawin the location o Guangdong Province
Named for	广 guǎng - "Wide" 东 dōng- "East" Lit. "The Eastern Expanse"
Caipital (an lairgest ceety)	Guangzhou
Divisions	21 prefecturs, 121 coonties, 1642 tounships
Govrenment
• Secretar	Wang Yang
• Govrenor	Zhu Xiaodan
Area
• Total	177900 km2 (68,700 sq mi)
Area rank	15th
Population  (2010)
• Total	104,303,132
• Rank	1st
• Density	590/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
• Density rank	7th
Demographics
• Ethnic composeetion	Han - 99% Zhuang - 0.7% Yao - 0.2%
• Leids an dialects	Cantonese Hakka Teochew Leizhou Putonghua
ISO 3166 code	CN-44
GDP (2011)	CNY 5.30 trillion US$ 838.60 billion[1] (1st)
• per capita	CNY 50,295 US$ 7,787 (8th)
HDI (2008)	0.844 (high) (4th)
Website	http://www.gd.gov.cn (Simplifeed Cheenese characters)

Guangdong
Semplifeed Cheenese	广东
Tradeetional Cheenese	廣東
Jyutping	Gwong2 Dung1
Cantonese Yale	Gwóngdūng
Hanyu Pinyin	Guǎngdōng
Postal	Canton, Kwangtung
Transcriptions Staundart Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Guǎngdōng Wade–Giles Kuang-tung [Listen]  IPA [kwɑ̀ŋtʊ́ŋ] Wu Romanieation kuaon tong Hakka Romanisation Kóng-tûng [gong31 dung24] Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanisation Gwóngdūng Jyutping Gwong2 Dung1 Soothren Min Hokkien POJ Kńg-tang Eastren Min Fuzhou BUC Guōng-dĕ̤ng

Syne 1989 Guangdong haes toppit the tot GDP rankins amang aw provincial-level diveesions, wi Jiangsu an Shandong seicont an third in rank. Accordin tae provincial annual preliminary statistics,^[4] Guangdong's GDP in 2010 reached CNY 4,550 billion, or USD 689.02 billion, makkin its economy roughly the same size as that o Turkey or Indonesie.^[5] Guangdong haes the fowert heichest GDP per caipita amang aw provinces o mainland Cheenae, efter Jiangsu, Zhejiang an Liaoning. The province contributes approximately 12% o the PRC's naitional economic ootput, an is hame tae the production facilities an offices o a wide-rangin set o multinaitional an Cheenese corporations. Guangdong hosts the lairgest Import an Export Fair in Cheenae an aw cried the Canton Fair in Guangdong's caipital ceety Guangzhou.

Name

"Guang" itsel means "expanse" or "vast", an haes been associatit wi the region syne the creation o Guang Prefectur in AD 226. "Guangdong" an neebourin Guangxi literally mean "expanse east" an "expanse wast". Thegither, Guangdong an Guangxi are cried the "Dual-Guangs" (兩廣 liăng guăng). Durin the Sang dynasty, the twa Guangs wur formally separatit as Guangnan Dong lu (廣南東路) an Guangnan Xi lu (廣南西路), which became abbreviatit as Guangdong lu (廣東路) an Guangxi lu (廣西路). The modren abbreviation 粤/粵 (Yue) is a shortened form o Baiyue (百越), a collective name for various fowks that livit in soothren Cheenae in auncient times.

Prior tae the introduction o Hanyu Pinyin, the province wis kent as Kwangtung Province. Ane shoud note that Canton, tho etymologically derivit frae a Portuguese transliteration o "Guangdong", refers anerlie tae the provincial caipital insteid o the whole province, as documentit bi authoritative Inglis dictionaries. The local fowk o the ceety o Guangzhou (Canton) an thair leid are still commonly referred tae as Cantonese in Inglis. Acause o the prestige o Canton an its accent, Cantonese sensu lato can be uised for the phylogenetically relatit residents an Cheenese dialects ootside the provincial caipital an aw.

Admeenistrative divesions

Main airticles: Leet o admeenistrative diveesions o Guangdong an Leet o tounship-level diveesions o Guangdong

Cairt	#	Name	Admeenistrative Seat	Hanzi Hanyu Pinyin	Population (2010)
	— Sub-provincial ceety —
	9	Guangzhou	Yuexiu Destrict	广州市 Guǎngzhōu Shì	12,700,800
	21	Shenzhen	Futian Destrict	深圳市 Shēnzhèn Shì	10,357,938
	— Prefecture-level city —
	1	Qingyuan	Qingcheng Destrict	清远市 Qīngyuǎn Shì	3,698,394
	2	Shaoguan	Zhenjiang Destrict	韶关市 Sháoguān Shì	2,826,612
	3	Heyuan	Yuancheng Destrict	河源市 Héyuán Shì	2,953,019
	4	Meizhou	Meijiang Destrict	梅州市 Méizhōu Shì	4,240,139
	5	Chaozhou	Fengxi Destrict	潮州市 Cháozhōu Shì	2,669,844
	6	Zhaoqing	Duanzhou Destrict	肇庆市 Zhàoqìng Shì	3,918,085
	7	Yunfu	Yuncheng Destrict	云浮市 Yúnfú Shì	2,360,128
	8	Foshan	Chancheng Destrict	佛山市 Fóshān Shì	7,194,311
	10	Dongguan	Dongguan (Nancheng Destrict)	东莞市 Dōngguǎn Shì	8,220,237
	11	Huizhou	Huicheng Destrict	惠州市 Hùizhōu Shì	4,597,002
	12	Shanwei	Chengqu Destrict	汕尾市 Shànwěi Shì	2,935,717
	13	Jieyang	Rongcheng District	揭阳市 Jiēyáng Shì	5,877,025
	14	Shantou	Jinping Destrict	汕头市 Shàntóu Shì	5,391,028
	15	Zhanjiang	Chikan Destrict	湛江市 Zhànjiāng Shì	6,993,304
	16	Maoming	Maonan Destrict	茂名市 Màomíng Shì	5,817,753
	17	Yangjiang	Jiangcheng Destrict	阳江市 Yángjiāng Shì	2,421,812
	18	Jiangmen	Pengjiang Destrict	江门市 Jiāngmén Shì	4,448,871
	19	Zhongshan	Zhongshan (Dongqu Destrict)	中山市 Zhōngshān Shì	3,120,884
	20	Zhuhai	Xiangzhou Destrict	珠海市 Zhūhǎi Shì	1,560,229

The abuin diveesion govren, in tot, 49 destricts, 30 coonty-level ceeties, 42 coonties, an three autonomous coonties. For coonty-level diveesions, see the leet o admeenistrative diveesions o Guangdong.

See an aw

• Govrenors o Guangdong
• GD Greenway
• Christianity in Guangdong