Which region does Guangdong belong to?

Guangdong was called South Vietnam in ancient times.

As the abbreviation of Guangdong, "Guangdong" means Guangdong. In ancient literature, "Yue" and "Yue" are interchangeable.

The ethnic groups in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and the areas south of it are often collectively referred to as "Yue" in pre-Qin ancient books, and "Baiyue" in literature, including "wuyue" (southern Jiangsu and northern Zhejiang), "Min Yue" (Fujian) and "Yangyue" (Jiangxi and Hunan). After the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the meaning of the word "Guangdong" narrowed, generally referring to Lingnan area, or "South Guangdong".

administrative division

Guangdong Province has 2 1 prefecture-level cities (including 2 sub-provincial cities), which are divided into four regions: Pearl River Delta, East Guangdong, West Guangdong and North Guangdong, among which the Pearl River Delta: Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Foshan, Dongguan, Zhongshan, Zhuhai, Jiangmen, Zhaoqing and Huizhou; Eastern Guangdong: Shantou, Chaozhou, Jieyang and Shanwei; Western Guangdong: Zhanjiang, Maoming, Yangjiang and Yunfu; Northern Guangdong: Shaoguan, Qingyuan, Meizhou and Heyuan.

Among the cities under the jurisdiction of Guangdong Province, Guangzhou is a national central city, Shenzhen is a sub-provincial city and a city with separate plans, Shenzhen, Zhuhai and Shantou are special economic zones, and Guangzhou and Zhanjiang are the first batch of coastal open cities in China. Guangdong province has determined Shunde district as a pilot project of directly administering counties. Shunde District enjoys the administrative law enforcement authority of prefecture-level cities, which will be directly assessed by Guangdong Province and scored separately.