Does northern Guangdong belong to Guangdong?

Northern Guangdong is the abbreviation of northern Guangdong Province, which usually refers to Shaoguan and Qingyuan.

Western Guangdong is the abbreviation of western Guangdong Province, including Zhanjiang, Yangjiang, Maoming and Yunfu.

Yuedong is the abbreviation of Yuedong Province, including five prefecture-level cities: Chaozhou, Shantou, Jieyang, Shanwei and Meizhou.

The Pearl River Delta includes Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Foshan, Jiangmen, Dongguan, Zhongshan, Huizhou and Zhaoqing.

Besides, there is no concept of South Guangdong.

Guangdong is also called Guangdong. As the abbreviation of Guangdong, "Guangdong" originally refers to Baiyue (Baiyue) in South China.

In ancient literature, "Yue" and "Yue" are interchangeable, so they can be used interchangeably. After the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the meaning of the word "Guangdong" narrowed, generally referring to Lingnan area, or "South Guangdong".

About 6.5438+0.29 million years ago, the early ancients (Maba people) appeared in Lingnan. During the Shang Dynasty and the Western Zhou Dynasty, Guangdong ancestors had economic and cultural exchanges with the Shang and Zhou Dynasties in the Central Plains.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Lingnan had close relations and frequent contacts with Fujian, Wu, Yue and Chu. The legends of Chuting and Nanwucheng in history reflect the relationship between Lingnan and Chuyue in this period. There is also a record of "writing a letter" in Guoyu Chu Yu Shang, which shows that there was a military and political relationship between Lingnan and Chu at that time.

In 222 BC, after Ying Zheng, king of Qin, unified the six countries, he sent Tu Youyou to lead 500,000 Qin Jun to attack Lingnan. In 2 14 BC, Qin Jun basically occupied Lingnan.

Immediately, Qin Shihuang set up three counties of "Guilin, Elephant and Nanhai" in the Lingnan area he captured. Nanhai County governs the Southeast South China Sea, Hezhou, Guangxi, and Bei Nanling, including parts of eastern Guangdong, northern Guangdong, central Guangdong and western Guangdong. It governs Panyu, Longchuan, Boluo and Sihui (according to Hanshu), and the county governs Panyu.

Today, most of Guangdong Province belongs to Nanhai County. In addition, parts of western Guangdong belong to Xiang County and Guilin County, and parts of northern Guangdong belong to Changsha County. This is the first time in the history of Guangdong to divide administrative regions.