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| Guangzhou - Flower City |
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Guangzhou has a few beautiful and legendary nick names, Huacheng (the
Flower City), Yangcheng (the Goat City) and Suicheng (the Rice-ear
City). Guangzhou is a civilized ancient city. It is 2,100 years old,
the same ages as the world-renowned ancient cultural city Rome of
Italy. A modern city in China, Guangzhou is the political, economic,
educational, cultural as well as scientific and technological center
in South China. It is also a tourist city.
Being a big city, Guangzhou totals 7475 square kilometerswith a
population of some 6.66 million. Under its administration are four
county-level cities of Huadu, Conghua, Zengcheng and Panyu and eight
districts: Yuexiu, Dongshan, Haizhu, Litchi, Tianhe, Baiyun, Fangcun
and Whampu. It is a well-known hometown of the overseas Chinese.
About 500,000 countrymen from here are residing in some 90 countries
and regions abroad.
Guangzhou is situated in the south of China with the Baiyun Hill
in the north and the Zhujiang (the Pearl River) Delta Plain in front,
Three rivers, the Dongjiang, Xijiang and Beijiang converge here.
The Zhujiang passes through the city. With rivers and mountains,
its geological location is very advantageous. Vegetation is evergreen
and flowers bloom all the year round thanks to a moist subtropical
climate. There are more than 150 famed scenes and sights in Guangzhou,
and a good variety of modern facilities for recreation and entertainment. |
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