Located in the south of the Chinese mainland and south-central of the Guangdong Province, Guangzhou occupies an area of hilly land. Traversed by the Pearl River-the third largest river in China, Guangzhou is on the convergence of Xijiang River, Beijiang River and Dongjiang River. On the brink of South China Sea, Guangzhou faces Dongguan and Zhongshan to the south, Qingyuan to the north, Boluo, Longmen to the east, Sanshui, Nanhai and Shunde to the west and Hong Kong, Macao across the sea. Equipped with strategic location, Guangzhou acts as a starting point of China's ' Maritime Silk Road ' resulting in the name of ' Southern Gate of China '. |
Guangzhou is the third largest city in China and southern China's largest city. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 12.78 million. Some estimates place the population of the entire Pearl River Delta Mega City built up area as high as 40 million including Shenzhen (10.36 million), Dongguan (8.22 million) and most parts of Foshan (7.19 million), Jiangmen (4.45 million), Zhongshan (3.12 million) and a small part of Huizhou adjoining Dongguan and Shenzhen, with an area of about 20,000 km2(about the size of US state of New Jersey). In 2008 Guangzhou was identified as a Beta World City by the global city index produced by GaWC. |
Guangzhou is the third largest city in China and southern China's largest city. As of the 2010 Guangzhou is a sub-provincial city. It has direct jurisdiction over 10 districts and 2 county-level cities. The central districts include Yuexiu District (1), Liwan District (2), Haizhu District (3), Tianhe District (4), Baiyun District (5) and Huangpu District (6). As of 2005, the four new districts have been established, i.e., Panyu District (7), Huadu District (8), Nansha District (9) and Luogang District (10). Besides, Zengcheng (11) and Conghua (12), the two county-level cities, make Guangzhou a complete administrative area. |
Month
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Jan
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Feb
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Mar
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Apr
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May
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Jun
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Jul
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Aug
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Sep
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Oct
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Nov
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Dec
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Year
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Average high °C
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18.3
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18.5
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21.6
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25.7
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29.3
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31.5
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32.8
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32.7
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31.5
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28.8
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24.5
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20.6
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26.3
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Average low °C
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10.3
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11.7
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15.2
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19.5
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22.7
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24.8
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25.5
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25.4
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24.0
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20.8
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15.9
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11.5
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18.9
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Rainfall mm
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40.9
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69.4
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84.7
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201.2
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283.7
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276.2
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232.5
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227.0
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166.2
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87.3
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35.4
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31.6
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1,736.1
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