Which cities does the Pearl River Delta include?

The main cities are: Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Foshan, Dongguan, Zhuhai, Huizhou, Zhongshan, Jiangmen, Zhaoqing, Hong Kong and Macau.

1. Guangzhou

Guangzhou, referred to as Yangcheng and Huacheng for short, is the capital of Guangdong Province, a sub-provincial city, a national central city, a megacity, an international metropolis, an international business center, an international comprehensive transportation hub, a national comprehensive gateway city, the first batch of coastal open cities, and the seat of the Southern Theater Command. Guangzhou is located in the south-central part of Guangdong Province, on the northern edge of the Pearl River Delta, near the South China Sea, Hong Kong and Macao. It is the south gate of China to the world, the core city of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and the Pan-Pearl River Delta Economic Zone, and the hub city of the Belt and Road Initiative.

Guangzhou is a national historical and cultural city. Since the Qin Dynasty, Guangzhou has been the administrative center of counties, states and governments. It has always been the political, military, economic, cultural and scientific and educational center of southern China, and the birthplace and prosperity of Lingnan culture. Guangzhou became the main port of the Maritime Silk Road in 1930s, the largest port in China in Tang and Song Dynasties, and a world-famous oriental port city. Ming and Qing Dynasties were the only foreign trade port in China and the only port in the world that lasted for more than 2,000 years.

2. Guangdong

Zhuhai, a prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province, is one of the central cities in the Pearl River Delta and an important scenic tourist city in the southeast coast. It is located between 2148 ′ ~ 22 27 ′ north latitude and113 03 ′ ~1419 ′ east longitude. Located in the southwest of the Pearl River Estuary in Guangdong Province, it faces Hong Kong across the sea in the east, Macao in the south, Xinhui District and Taishan City in Jiangmen City in the west and Zhongshan City in the north. It has eight national first-class ports, including Gongbei, Jiuzhou Port, Zhuhai Port, Wanshan, Hengqin, Doumen, Wanchai and Zhuhai-Macao Cross-border Industrial Zone. It is the city with the largest ocean area, the largest number of islands and the longest coastline in the Pearl River Delta, and is known as the "City of Hundred Islands".

Zhuhai 1980 became a special economic zone, which is one of the first four special economic zones in China to implement the policy of opening to the outside world. In 2008, the State Council promulgated and implemented the Outline of the Reform and Development Plan for the Pearl River Delta Region (2008-2020), and made it clear that Zhuhai was the core city on the west bank of the Pearl River Estuary. 1953 establishes counties, 1979 establishes cities, and 1980 establishes special economic zones, enjoying the local legislative power conferred by the National People's Congress.

3. Huizhou

Huizhou is backed by Luofu Mountain and faces Daya Bay in the south. Dongjiang meanders for more than 65,438+000 kilometers, belonging to the Pearl River Delta and the east coast of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. Huizhou is adjacent to Shenzhen and Hong Kong, with Heyuan in the north, Shanwei in the east and Dongguan and Guangzhou in the west. It is one of the central cities in the Pearl River Delta. It has jurisdiction over Huicheng District, Huiyang District, Huidong County, Boluo County and Longmen County, and has two national development zones, namely Zhong Kai High-tech Industrial Development Zone and Daya Bay Economic and Technological Development Zone.

Huizhou is also a key development area in Guangdong Province, with rapid economic development and becoming a newly industrialized city in the eastern part of the Pearl River Delta. Huizhou is located at the junction of Guangdong, Hakka and Fujian dialects, with diverse languages. Cultural activities such as Cantonese opera, Guangdong Han opera, fishing songs, folk songs, dragon dance, lion dance, and spring bull jumping are very popular.

4. Zhongshan

Zhongshan is one of the five prefecture-level cities without districts in China. Formerly known as Xiangshan County, it was founded in1152; 1925 It was renamed Zhongshan County in memory of Sun Yat-sen, located in the lower reaches of the west and Beijiang rivers in the south-central part of the Pearl River Delta, bordering Panyu District of Guangzhou and Shunde District of Foshan City in the north, Jiangmen City, Xinhui District and Doumen District of Zhuhai City in the west, Zhuhai City in the southeast, and Shenzhen City and Hong Kong Special Administrative Region across the mouth of the Lingdingyang Ocean in the east.

Zhongshan is a famous historical and cultural city in China. Xiangshan culture, which originated in Zhongshan, is an important source of modern culture in China, enjoying the reputation as the hometown of Guangdong folk art (Cantonese opera) and overseas Chinese. More than 800,000 overseas Chinese and compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan live in 87 countries and regions on five continents.

5. Jiangmen

Jiangmen, nicknamed "Siyi" or "Wuyi", is a prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province. It is located in the west of the Pearl River Delta, bordering the South China Sea and Hong Kong and Macao. It belongs to Greater Bay Area urban agglomeration of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao and is one of the central cities in the west of the Pearl River Delta.

Jiangmen has a long history and profound cultural heritage, and is known as the "hometown of Chinese Quyi". It is the hometown of Chen Baisha, founder of Mind Studies in Ming Dynasty, Liang Qichao, pioneer of reform, and Feng Ru, father of aviation. The bird of paradise, which has the world cultural heritage Kaiping Diaolou and village, has fascinated the great writer Mr. Ba Jin.

Jiangmen is an important transportation hub connecting Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and western Guangdong, with Zhongshan and Zhuhai in the east, Yangjiang in the west and Guangzhou, Foshan and Zhaoqing in the north. Chinese overseas Chinese and compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, whose ancestral home is Jiangmen, have a large population and are distributed on five continents, and have the reputation of "Overseas Chinese Capital" and "China's No.1 hometown of overseas Chinese". In 20 17, Jiangmen city has a total area of 9,505 square kilometers and a permanent population of 45,643.8+0.7 million.

Refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Jiangmen

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Baidu Encyclopedia-Huizhou

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