Dongguan
Dōngguǎn (Cheenese: 东莞), is a prefectur-level ceety in central Guangdong province, Fowkrepublic o Cheenae.
Dongguan 东莞 | |
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东莞市 | |
Frae top left:Guanyinshan , Dongguan Avenue (Central Business Destrict), Humen Pearl River Bridge, & Keyuan | |
Location o Dongguan in Guangdong | |
Coordinates: 23°2′N 113°43′E / 23.033°N 113.717°E | |
Kintra | Fowkrepublic o Cheenae |
Province | Guangdong |
Foondit | 331 AD |
Govrenment | |
• CPC Committee Secretar | Xu Jianhua (徐建华) |
• Mayor | Yuan Baocheng (袁宝成) |
Area | |
• Total | 2465 km2 (952 sq mi) |
Population (2010) | |
• Total | 8,220,237 |
• Density | 3,300/km2 (8,600/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (Cheenae Staundart Time) |
Postal code | 523000 |
Area code(s) | 769 |
Licence plate prefixes | 粤S |
- Total | ¥ 424.6 billion (2010) |
- Per capita | ¥ 53,285 (2008) |
Ceety flouer | Yulan magnolia Magnolia denudata |
Website | http://www.dongguan.gov.cn/ |
Dongguan | |||||||||||||||
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Semplifeed Cheenese | 东莞 | ||||||||||||||
Tradeetional Cheenese | 東莞 | ||||||||||||||
Jyutping | Dung1 gun2 | ||||||||||||||
Cantonese Yale | Dūnggún | ||||||||||||||
Hanyu Pinyin | Dōngguǎn | ||||||||||||||
Postal | Tungkun | ||||||||||||||
Leeteral meanin | Smiling east | ||||||||||||||
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An important industrial ceety locatit in the Pearl River Delta, Dongguan borders the provincial caipital o Guangzhou tae the north, Huizhou tae the northeast, Shenzhen tae the sooth, an the Pearl River tae the wast.
It is hame tae ane o the warld's lairgest, tho maistly empty, shoppin maw an aw, New South China Mall. Ceety admeenistration is considered especially progressive in seekin foreign direct investment. The three neebourin municipalities o Guangzhou, Dongguan, an Shenzhen are hame tae ower 25 million residents, accoontin for a lairge proportion o the Pearl River Delta Region's population.[1]
Dongguan ranks ahint anerlie Shenzhen, Shanghai an Suzhou in exports amang Cheenese ceeties, wi $65.54 billion in shipments.
Admeenistration
eeditDongguan haes nae intermediate coonty level; insteid it is dividit intae 32 touns (destricts) an each o thaim is possessin its awn distinct characteristics:
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# | Name | Hanzi | Hanyu Pinyin | Population (2010 Census) | Aurie (km²) | Densitie (/km²) |
Chengzhen Aurie | 303,966 | 24.8 | 12,256.69 | |||
1 | Guancheng Destrict | 莞城区 | Guǎnchéng Qū | 162,116 | 13.5 | 12,008.59 |
31 | Shilong Toun | 石龙镇 | Shílóng Zhèn | 141,850 | 11.3 | 12,553.09 |
Shuixiang Aurie | 1,109,686 | 315.0 | 3,522.81 | |||
4 | Wanjiang Destrict | 万江区 | Wànjiāng Qū | 244,765 | 50.5 | 4,846.83 |
5 | Gaobu Toun | 高埗镇 | Gāobù Zhèn | 217,436 | 30.0 | 7,247.86 |
6 | Zhongtang Toun | 中堂镇 | Zhōngtáng Zhèn | 139,563 | 60.0 | 2,326.05 |
7 | Machong Toun | 麻涌镇 | Máchǒng Zhèn | 118,062 | 74.0 | 1,595.43 |
8 | Wangniudun Toun | 望牛墩镇 | Wàngniúdūn Zhèn | 84,786 | 31.5 | 2,685.65 |
10 | Hongmei Toun | 洪梅镇 | Hóngméi Zhèn | 58,114 | 33.0 | 1,761.03 |
32 | Shijie Toun | 石碣镇 | Shíjié Zhèn | 246,960 | 36.0 | 6,860.00 |
Yanhai Aurie | 2,061,759 | 572.3 | 3,602.58 | |||
9 | Daojiao Toun | 道滘镇 | Dàojiào Zhèn | 143,107 | 63.0 | 2,271.53 |
11 | Shatian Toun | 沙田镇 | Shātián Zhèn | 177,482 | 107.0 | 1,658.71 |
12 | Houjie Toun | 厚街镇 | Hòujiē Zhèn | 438,283 | 126.0 | 3,478.43 |
13 | Humen Toun | 虎门镇 | Hǔmén Zhèn | 638,657 | 178.5 | 3,577.91 |
14 | Chang'an Toun | 长安镇 | Cháng'ān Zhèn | 664,230 | 97.8 | 6,791.71 |
Qiuling Aurie | 1,733,155 | 523.5 | 3,310.70 | |||
2 | Dongcheng Destrict | 东城区 | Dōngchéng Qū | 492,875 | 110.0 | 4,480.68 |
15 | Dalingshan Toun | 大岭山镇 | Dàlǐngshān Zhèn | 279,414 | 110.0 | 2,540.12 |
16 | Dalang Toun | 大朗镇 | Dàlǎng Zhèn | 310,889 | 118.0 | 2,634.65 |
17 | Huangjiang Toun | 黄江镇 | Huángjiāng Zhèn | 231,399 | 98.0 | 2,361.21 |
28 | Liaobu Toun | 寮步镇 | Liáobù Zhèn | 418,578 | 87.5 | 4783.74 |
Shanqu Aurie | 1,345,880 | 575.3 | 2,339.44 | |||
19 | Fenggang Toun | 凤岗镇 | Fènggǎng Zhèn | 318,971 | 82.5 | 3,866.31 |
18 | Tangxia Toun | 塘厦镇 | Tángxià Zhèn | 482,067 | 128.0 | 3,766.14 |
20 | Qingxi Toun | 清溪镇 | Qīngxī Zhèn | 312,639 | 143.0 | 2,186.28 |
21 | Zhangmutou Toun | 樟木头镇 | Zhāngmùtou Zhèn | 132,816 | 118.8 | 1,117.97 |
22 | Xiegang Toun | 谢岗镇 | Xiègǎng Zhèn | 99,387 | 103.0 | 964.92 |
Putian Aurie | 1,624,473 | 458.5 | 3,543.01 | |||
3 | Nancheng Destrict | 南城区 | Nánchéng Qū | 289,255 | 59.0 | 4,902.62 |
23 | Changping Toun | 常平镇 | Chángpíng Zhèn | 386,378 | 108.0 | 3,577.57 |
24 | Qiaotou Toun | 桥头镇 | Qiáotóu Zhèn | 166,774 | 56.0 | 2,978.10 |
25 | Qishi Toun | 企石镇 | Qǐshí Zhèn | 121,693 | 51.0 | 2,386.13 |
26 | Hengli Toun | 横沥镇 | Hénglì Zhèn | 204,830 | 50.0 | 4,096.60 |
27 | Dongkeng Toun | 东坑镇 | Dōngkēng Zhèn | 138,819 | 27.5 | 5,047.96 |
29 | Chashan Toun | 茶山镇 | Cháshān Zhèn | 156,522 | 51.0 | 3,069.05 |
30 | Shipai Toun | 石排镇 | Shípái Zhèn | 160,202 | 56.0 | 2,860.75 |
History
eeditAwtho the earliest traces o human habitation in the aurie stretch back 5,000 years, Dongguan's emergence as a true ceety is a recent phenonomenon.
In 1839, at the ootset o the First Opium War, lairge quantities o seizit opium wur burned in the local toun o Humen. Several o the major battles o the war wur focht here in this aurie.
Durin the Seicont Warld War, the ceety servit as the base for guerilla resistance against the Japanese occupation.[2]
Geografie
eeditThe urban centre o Dongguan is 50 km awa frae that o Guangzhou tae its north, 90 km awa frae Shenzhen tae its sooth, 47 nautical mile (87 km) awa frae Hong Kong an 48 nautical mile (89 km) frae Macau bi watterwa. Dongguan is a must-pass-bi locality frae Guangzhou tae Hong Kong bi road or watterwey.
O the total aurie o Dongguan, 27% is watter, 25% forest laund, an 13% ploughed laund, while 35% o its laund aurie haes been fully developit.
Climate
eeditThe climate o Dongguan is humid subtropical. It lees juist sooth o the Tropic o Cancer. The average temperatur is 22.8 °C (73.0 °F) throuoot the year. The average rainfaw is 1,756.8 millimetre (69.17 in).[3]
Demografics
eeditDongguan haed an estimatit 6,949,800 inhabitants at the end o 2008, amang whom 1,748,700 wur local residents an 5,201,100 permanent migrants frae ither pairts o the kintra. At the 2010 Census the population haed reacht 8,220,237.
Dongguan is a kent hometown for mony owerseas Cheenese an aw, the faimily oreegin o ower 700,000 fowk in Hong Kong, Taiwan an Macau an ower 200,000 naitionals livin abroad.
International relations
eeditTwin touns an sister ceeties
eeditDongguan is twinned wi:
- Hartford, Connecticut, Unitit States syne (5 Mairch 2001) [4]
- Thessaloniki, Greece syne (24 October 2008) [5]
- Asan, Sooth Korea syne (24 September 2012) [6]
See also
eedit- Dongguan New Century
- Guangdong Southern Tigers
- Lanwa FC plays in the Hong Kong, no Cheenese, fitbaa pyramid
- New South China Mall: Warld's seicont lairgest maw.
References
eedit- ↑ "Livable Dongguan". Liveable.dg.gov.cn. Archived frae the original on 12 Mairch 2007. Retrieved 6 Mey 2010.
- ↑ Dongguan - History Archived 2011-12-23 at the Wayback Machine, Dongguan Government
- ↑ "Livable Dongguan". Liveable.dg.gov.cn. Archived frae the original on 18 Mey 2007. Retrieved 6 Mey 2010.
- ↑ "Donguan Forges Sister-city Relations With Hartford". People's Daily. Retrieved 27 October 2008.
- ↑ "Dongguan and Thessaloniki Formed Sisterhood (in Chinese)". City of Dongguan. Archived frae the original on 14 Mey 2013. Retrieved 27 October 2008.
- ↑ >"Dongguan and Asan Formed Sisterhood (in Chinese)". City of Dongguan. Archived frae the original on 22 Februar 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
- Economic data
Freemit airtins
eeditWikimedia Commons haes media relatit tae Dongguan. |
- Dongguan Ceety Govrenment (in Cheenese) and (in Inglis)
- www.dongguantoday.com Govrenment fundit wabsteid, givin a full range o information aboot Dongguan (in Cheenese) and (in Inglis)
- Dongguan Bureau of Foreign Trade & Economic Cooperation Archived 2006-07-16 at the Wayback Machine (in Cheenese) an (in Inglis)
- IATT - International Association for Technology Trade
- Expats in Dongguan - Expatacular - Expat Community Archived 2011-08-10 at the Wayback Machine