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Guangzhou has a history that spans over 2,200 years. As early as the Zhou Period in the 9th century BC, the city (then known as "Chu Ting") served as a commercial exchange center for the Baiyue people and people of Chu State in the middle reaches of Yangtze River. The Emperor Qin Shihuang (259-210 BC) unified the Lingnan region (the area of modern-day Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan Island and the South China Sea Islands), and established the city of Panyu, now a suburb of Guangzhou.Read More>>
Guangzhou is situated in the southeast of Guangdong Province in the north of the Pearl River Delta. It is located between longitude 113°17' east and latitude 23°8' north, bordering on the South China Sea, adjacent to Hong Kong and Macau. Read More>>
The area of the Guangzhou prefecture is area is 7,434 square kilometers (2870 square miles), with a resident population of 7.6 million (2006), of whom 6.2 million live in the urban area of Guangzhou. Read More>>
GDP: RMB 666.8 billion (2006) Per Capita Disposable Income of Urban Residents: RMB 19,851 (2006) Read More>>
