Guangzhou

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Guangzhou 广州
Sub-provincial ceety
广州市
Frae top: Tianhe CBD, the Canton Tower & Chigang Pagoda, Haizhu Bridge, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Statue o Five Goats, Zhenhai Tower in Yuexiu Park, an Sacred Heart Cathedral.
Location o Guangzhou Ceety (yellae) in Guangdong
Guangzhou Location in Cheenae
Coordinates: 23°08′N 113°16′E / 23.133°N 113.267°E / 23.133; 113.267Coordinates: 23°08′N 113°16′E / 23.133°N 113.267°E / 23.133; 113.267
Kintra	Fowkrepublic o Cheenae
Province	Guangdong
Govrenment
• Teep	Sub-provincial ceety
• CPC Ctte Secretary	Wan Qingliang
• Mayor	Chen Jianhua
Area [1]
• Sub-provincial ceety	7434 km2 (2870 sq mi)
• Urban	3843 km2 (1484 sq mi)
Elevation	21 m (68 ft)
Population  (2014)[2]
• Sub-provincial ceety	14,080,500
• Density	1,900/km2 (4,900/sq mi)
• Urban [3]	11,547,491
• Metro  (2010)[4]	25,000,000
Demonym(s)	Cantonese
Time zone	UTC+8 (Cheenae Staundart time)
Postal code	510000
Area code(s)	20
GDP[5]	2014
- Tot	CN¥1,67 trillion (US$271.84 billion)
- Per capita	CN¥111,333 (US$18,123)
- Growth	8.6%
Licence plate prefixes	粤A
Flouer	Bombax ceiba
Bird	Cheenese Hwamei
Website	english.gz.gov.cn

Guangzhou,^[6] cried Canton or Kwangchow an aa,^[7] is a sub-provincial ceety an the caipital o the Guangdong province in the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae. It is ane o the five National Central Ceeties.^[8] Locatit in soothren Cheenae on the Pearl River, aboot 120 km (75 mi) northwast o Hong Kong, Guangzhou is a key transportation hub an tradin port.^[9]

Guangzhou is the third lairgest ceety in Cheenae an soothren Cheenae's lairgest ceety. As o the 2000 census, the ceety haed a population o 6 million, an an urban aurie population o roughly 11.85 million,^[10] makin it the maist populous ceety in the province an the third maist populous metropolitan auriea in Cheenae. Some estimates place the population o the entire urban agglomeration as heich as 24.2 million, makin it the 2nt biggest urban aurie in the warld efter Tokyo.^[11] The Guangzhou govrenment's offeecial estimate o the ceety's population at the end o 2009 wis 10,334,500, an addition o 152,500 fowk frae the previous year.^[12] Includin registrated migrant population (present in the ceety 6 month or mair) ceety population is ower 14 mln^[13]. In 2008 Guangzhou wis identified as a Beta Warld Ceety bi the Global ceety index produced bi GaWC.^[14]

Guangzhou is twinned wi the follaein ceeties:^[15]

Kintra	Ceety	Coonty/Destrict/Province/Region/State	Date
	Fukuoka	Fukuoka	2 Mey 1979
	Los Angeles	Californie	8 December 1981
	Manila	Metro Manila	5 November 1982
	Vancouver	Breetish Columbie	27 Mairch 1985
	Sydney	New Sooth Wales	12 Mey 1986
	Bari	Bari	12 November 1986
	Lyon	Rhône	19 Januar 1988
	Frankfurt	Hesse	11 Aprile 1988
	Auckland	Auckland	17 Februar 1989
	Gwangju	Gwangju	25 October 1996
	Linköping	Östergötland	24 November 1997
	Durban	KwaZulu-Natal	17 Julie 2000
	Bristol	Ingland	23 Mey 2001
	Yekaterinburg	Sverdlovsk	10 Julie 2002
	Arequipa	Arequipa	27 October 2004
	Surabaya	East Java	21 December 2005
	Vilnius	Vilnius	12 October 2006
	Birmingham	Ingland	4 December 2006
	Hambantota	Hambantota	27 Februar 2007
	Recife	Pernambuco	22 October 2007
	Tampere	Pirkanmaa	2 December 2008
	Bangkok	Bangkok	13 November 2009

Guangzhou haes the follaein friendship ceeties:^[16]

Kintra	Ceety	County/District/Province/Region/State	Date
	Salvador	Bahia	6 Aprile 1996
	Ho Chi Minh Ceety	Municipality o Vietnam	11 Aprile 1996
	Ōita	Ōita	9 October 1997
	Khabarovsk	Khabarovsk	15 October 1997
	Dubai	Dubai	1 Juin 2000
	Guam	Unincorporated organized territories	28 Mairch 2002
	Noboribetsu	Hokkaidō	19 Mey 2002
	Melbourne	Victoria	9 Aprile 2003
	Alexandria	Alexandria	17 Julie 2003
	Barcelona	Catalonie	23 October 2003
	Bishkek	Chuy	1 December 2004
	Havana	Havana	15 Juin 2005
	Düsseldorf	North Rhine-Westphalie	15 Julie 2006

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