Guangdong

Administrative status

Guangdong is a provincial-level division of the People's Republic of China^[1].

Subdivisions

21 county-level or higher divisions^[1]:

• Guangzhou (prefecture-level city, 440100)
• Shaoguan (prefecture-level city, 440200)
• Shenzhen (prefecture-level city, 440300)
• Zhuhai (prefecture-level city, 440400)
• Shantou (prefecture-level city, 440500)
• Foshan (prefecture-level city, 440600)
• Jiangmen (prefecture-level city, 440700)
• Zhanjiang (prefecture-level city, 440800)
• Maoming (prefecture-level city, 440900)
• Zhaoqing (prefecture-level city, 441200)
• Huizhou (prefecture-level city, 441300)
• Meizhou (prefecture-level city, 441400)
• Shanwei (prefecture-level city, 441500)
• Heyuan (prefecture-level city, 441600)
• Yangjiang (prefecture-level city, 441700)
• Qingyuan (prefecture-level city, 441800)
• Dongguan (prefecture-level city, 441900)
• Zhongshan (prefecture-level city, 442000)
• Chaozhou (prefecture-level city, 445100)
• Jieyang (prefecture-level city, 445200)
• Yunfu (prefecture-level city, 445300)

Basic facts

• Administrative division code: 440000^[1]
• Area: 179,800 km²^[2]
• Population: 126.01 million (2020)^[2]

History

• Replaced Kuangtung^[2].