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

广州
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.
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′N 113°16′E / 23.133°N 113.267°E / 23.133; 113.267Coordinates: 23°08′N 113°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)
 - GrowthIncrease 8.6%
Licence plate prefixesA
FlouerBombax ceiba
BirdCheenese Hwamei
Websiteenglish.gz.gov.cn

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

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Sister ceeties

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Guangzhou is twinned wi the follaein ceeties:[15]

Kintra Ceety Coonty/Destrict/Province/Region/State Date
  Fukuoka Fukuoka 2 Mey 1979
  Los Angeles Californie 8 December 1981
  Manila Metro Manila 5 November 1982
  Vancouver Breetish Columbie 27 Mairch 1985
  Sydney New Sooth Wales 12 Mey 1986
  Bari Bari 12 November 1986
  Lyon Rhône 19 Januar 1988
  Frankfurt Hesse 11 Aprile 1988
  Auckland Auckland 17 Februar 1989
  Gwangju Gwangju 25 October 1996
  Linköping Östergötland 24 November 1997
  Durban KwaZulu-Natal 17 Julie 2000
  Bristol Ingland 23 Mey 2001
  Yekaterinburg Sverdlovsk 10 Julie 2002
  Arequipa Arequipa 27 October 2004
  Surabaya East Java 21 December 2005
  Vilnius Vilnius 12 October 2006
  Birmingham Ingland 4 December 2006
  Hambantota Hambantota 27 Februar 2007
  Recife Pernambuco 22 October 2007
  Tampere Pirkanmaa 2 December 2008
  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
  Salvador Bahia 6 Aprile 1996
  Ho Chi Minh Ceety Municipality o Vietnam 11 Aprile 1996
  Ōita Ōita 9 October 1997
  Khabarovsk Khabarovsk 15 October 1997
  Dubai Dubai 1 Juin 2000
  Guam Unincorporated organized territories 28 Mairch 2002
  Noboribetsu Hokkaidō 19 Mey 2002
  Melbourne Victoria 9 Aprile 2003
  Alexandria Alexandria 17 Julie 2003
  Barcelona Catalonie 23 October 2003
  Bishkek Chuy 1 December 2004
  Havana Havana 15 Juin 2005
  Düsseldorf North Rhine-Westphalie 15 Julie 2006

References

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  13. "Guangzhou Population is over 14 mln. Xinghua Agency. 2010-06-18". Archived frae the original on 4 Februar 2012. Retrieved 8 Februar 2011.
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  16. "Friendship Cities of Guangzhou". Archived frae the original on 7 Mairch 2016. Retrieved 25 Mairch 2010.