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Guangdong province

Guangdong Province
广东省
Province
Name transcription(s)
 • Chinese 广东省 (Guǎngdōng Shěng)
 • Abbreviation simplified Chinese: ; traditional Chinese: (pinyin: Yuè, Jyutping: Jyut6)
Map showing the location of Guangdong Province
Map showing the location of Guangdong Province
Coordinates: 23°24′N 113°30′E / 23.4°N 113.5°E / 23.4; 113.5Coordinates: 23°24′N 113°30′E / 23.4°N 113.5°E / 23.4; 113.5
Named for Abbreviated from "Guǎngnándōng Lù" (A "lù" was equal to a province or a state in Song China)
广 = wide, vast, expanse
东 = east
literally, "At the East of the Expanse" (Guangxi being the West)
Capital
(and largest city)
Guangzhou
Divisions 21 prefectures, 121 counties, 1642 townships
Government
 • Secretary Hu Chunhua
 • Governor Ma Xingrui
Area
 • Total 179,800 km2 (69,400 sq mi)
Area rank 15th
Population (2015)
 • Total 108,500,000
 • Rank 1st
 • Density 600/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
 • Density rank 7th
Demographics
 • Ethnic composition Han – 99%
Zhuang – 0.7%
Yao – 0.2%
ISO 3166 code CN-44
GDP (2016) CNY 7.95 trillion
USD 1.2 trillion (1st)
 • per capita CNY 73,272
USD 11,033 (8th)
HDI (2010) 0.730 (high) (7th)
Website http://www.gd.gov.cn/
(Simplified Chinese characters)
Guangdong
Guangdong (Chinese characters).svg
"Guangdong" in Simplified (top) and Traditional (bottom) Chinese characters
Simplified Chinese 广东
Traditional Chinese 廣東
Cantonese Yale Gwóng-dūng
Literal meaning "Eastern Expanse"
Abbreviation
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Cantonese Yale Yuht
Literal meaning [an ancient name for southern China's Yue people]

Guangdong (Simplified Chinese: 广东; pinyin: Guǎngdōng; Jyutping: Gwong2-dung1) is a province on the South China Sea coast of the People's Republic of China. Formerly romanised as Canton or Kwangtung, Guangdong surpassed Henan and Sichuan to become the most populous province in China in January 2005, registering 79.1 million permanent residents and 31 million migrants who lived in the province for at least six months of the year; the total population was 104,303,132 in the 2010 census, accounting for 7.79 percent of Mainland China's population. The provincial capital Guangzhou and economic hub Shenzhen are among the most populous and important cities in China. The population increase since the census has been modest, the province at 2014 end had 107,240,000 people.

Since 1989, Guangdong has topped the total GDP rankings among all provincial-level divisions, with Jiangsu and Shandong second and third in rank. According to state statistics, Guangdong's GDP in 2014 reached RMB 6,779 billion, or US$1.104 trillion, making its economy roughly the same size as Mexico . Since 2011, Guangdong has the highest GDP among all provinces of Mainland China. The province contributes approximately 12% of the PRC's national economic output, and is home to the production facilities and offices of a wide-ranging set of Chinese and foreign corporations. Guangdong also hosts the largest import and export fair in China called the Canton Fair in Guangdong's capital city Guangzhou.


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