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4 Geography

Guangzhou is located at 112°57'E to 114°3'E and 22°26'N to 23°56'N. The Municipality is part of the Pearl River Delta.

5 Economy

The Pearl River Delta is one of mainland China's leading economic regions and a massive manufacturing centre.

The GDP per capita was ¥38568 (ca. US$4660) in 2003, ranked no. 8 among 659 Chinese cities.

The Chinese Export Commodities Fair , also called Canton Fair, is held twice a year in Spring and Autumn. It was inaugurated in the Spring of 1957. It is a major event for the city.

6 Transportation

Guangzhou's main airport is Baiyun International Airport, a hub for China Southern Airlines. The New Baiyun International Airport in Huadu District opened on 5 August 2004.

The Guangzhou Metro opened in 1999.

Guangzhou is connected to Hong Kong by train and bus services. Express trains leave Hong Kong from the Hung Hom KCR station. They cover the 182km route in approximately two hours.

7 Culture

• Cantonese cuisine
• Cantonese language
• Cantonese opera

7.1 Touristic highlights

• Shamian Island
• Museum of the Tomb of the King of Southern Yue in Western Han Dynasty
• Temple of the Six Banyan Trees
• Shishi Holy Heart Cathedral

7.2 Other buildings

• CITIC Plaza

8 Colleges and Universities

[National]

• Jinan University (暨南大学) (founded 1906)
• Sun Yat-sen University (中山大学) (founded 1924)
• South China University of Technology (华南理工大学)

[Public]

• Guangdong University of Foreign Studies (广东外语外贸大学（)
• South China Agricultural University (华南农业大学) (founded 1909)
• Zhongkai Agrotechnical College (仲恺农业技术学院) (founded 1927)
• South China Normal University (华南师范大学)
• Guangzhou Medical College (广州医学院)
• Guangzhou University of TCM (广州中医药大学)
• Guangdong College of Pharmacy (广东药学院)
• Guangdong University of Technology (广东工业大学)
• Guangzhou University (广州大学)
• Guangdong Business College (广东商学院)
• Xinghai Conservatory of Music (星海音乐学院)
• GuangDong Polytechnic Normal University (广东技术师范学院)
• Guangzhou Physical Education Institute (广州体育学院)

Note: Institutions without full-time bachelor programs are not listed.

9 Footnotes

¹ Frank Welsh, A Borrowed Place: The History of Hong Kong, Maya Rao (editor), p. 13, BooksEnthsiast.com

² Joseph Needham, Science & Civilization in China, 1, pp.179 - Cambridge University Press 1954

³ Sima Guang, Zizhi Tongjian, ch. 220.

10 See also

• Whampoa Military Academy

11 External link

• Official Guangzhou Website (in simplified and traditional Chinese)
• Chinese Export Commodities Fair

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