Guangdong
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Guangdong is a provincial-level division (province) of the People's Republic of China, with administrative division code 440000.

## Administrative status

Guangdong is a provincial-level division of the People's Republic of China[^mca2023].

## Subdivisions

21 county-level or higher divisions[^mca2023]:

- [Guangzhou](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/guangdong-guangzhou.html) (prefecture-level city, 440100)
- [Shaoguan](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/guangdong-shaoguan.html) (prefecture-level city, 440200)
- [Shenzhen](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/guangdong-shenzhen.html) (prefecture-level city, 440300)
- [Zhuhai](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/guangdong-zhuhai.html) (prefecture-level city, 440400)
- [Shantou](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/guangdong-shantou.html) (prefecture-level city, 440500)
- [Foshan](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/guangdong-foshan.html) (prefecture-level city, 440600)
- [Jiangmen](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/guangdong-jiangmen.html) (prefecture-level city, 440700)
- [Zhanjiang](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/guangdong-zhanjiang.html) (prefecture-level city, 440800)
- [Maoming](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/guangdong-maoming.html) (prefecture-level city, 440900)
- [Zhaoqing](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/guangdong-zhaoqing.html) (prefecture-level city, 441200)
- [Huizhou](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/guangdong-huizhou-guangdong.html) (prefecture-level city, 441300)
- [Meizhou](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/guangdong-meizhou.html) (prefecture-level city, 441400)
- [Shanwei](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/guangdong-shanwei.html) (prefecture-level city, 441500)
- [Heyuan](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/guangdong-heyuan.html) (prefecture-level city, 441600)
- [Yangjiang](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/guangdong-yangjiang.html) (prefecture-level city, 441700)
- [Qingyuan](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/guangdong-qingyuan-guangdong.html) (prefecture-level city, 441800)
- [Dongguan](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/guangdong-dongguan.html) (prefecture-level city, 441900)
- [Zhongshan](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/guangdong-zhongshan-guangdong.html) (prefecture-level city, 442000)
- [Chaozhou](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/guangdong-chaozhou.html) (prefecture-level city, 445100)
- [Jieyang](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/guangdong-jieyang.html) (prefecture-level city, 445200)
- [Yunfu](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/guangdong-yunfu.html) (prefecture-level city, 445300)

## Basic facts

- Administrative division code: 440000[^mca2023]
- Area: 179,800 km²[^wikidata]
- Population: 126.01 million (2020)[^wikidata]

## History

- Replaced Kuangtung[^wikidata].

Updated: 2026-10-29

Tags:
- Administrative division https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/tags/admin-division.html

Relations:
- Contains places: Guangzhou https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/guangdong-guangzhou.html (依据民政部2023年县以上行政区划代码的隶属层级。)
- Contains places: Shaoguan https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/guangdong-shaoguan.html (依据民政部2023年县以上行政区划代码的隶属层级。)
- Contains places: Shenzhen https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/guangdong-shenzhen.html (依据民政部2023年县以上行政区划代码的隶属层级。)
- Contains places: Zhuhai https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/guangdong-zhuhai.html (依据民政部2023年县以上行政区划代码的隶属层级。)
- Contains places: Shantou https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/guangdong-shantou.html (依据民政部2023年县以上行政区划代码的隶属层级。)
- Contains places: Foshan https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/guangdong-foshan.html (依据民政部2023年县以上行政区划代码的隶属层级。)
- Contains places: Jiangmen https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/guangdong-jiangmen.html (依据民政部2023年县以上行政区划代码的隶属层级。)
- Contains places: Zhanjiang https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/guangdong-zhanjiang.html (依据民政部2023年县以上行政区划代码的隶属层级。)
- Contains places: Maoming https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/guangdong-maoming.html (依据民政部2023年县以上行政区划代码的隶属层级。)
- Contains places: Zhaoqing https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/guangdong-zhaoqing.html (依据民政部2023年县以上行政区划代码的隶属层级。)
- Born here: Ching Shih https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/people/ching-shih.html
- Born here: Ching Shih https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/people/ching-shih.html
- Located in: 中国 https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/china.html

Mentioned in:
- Ching Shih https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/people/ching-shih.html
- Shaoguan https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/guangdong-shaoguan.html
- Zhuhai https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/guangdong-zhuhai.html
- Shantou https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/guangdong-shantou.html
- Jiangmen https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/guangdong-jiangmen.html
- Zhanjiang https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/guangdong-zhanjiang.html
- Maoming https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/guangdong-maoming.html
- Zhaoqing https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/guangdong-zhaoqing.html
- Huizhou https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/guangdong-huizhou-guangdong.html
- Meizhou https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/guangdong-meizhou.html

Sources:
- 2023年中华人民共和国县以上行政区划代码（民政部） https://www.mca.gov.cn/mzsj/xzqh/2023/202301xzqh.html 代码 440000 广东省
- Wikidata Q15175 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15175
- Guangdong (Wikipedia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guangdong
- 广东省（维基百科） https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B9%BF%E4%B8%9C%E7%9C%81