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Province in South China
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Guangdong (广东; Gwóngdūng in Cantonese; Guǎngdōng in Mandarin) in South China is the country's most populous province, and one of the richest. A global center for manufacturing and trade, Guangdong has a long history connecting China with the outside world, with maritime trade going back centuries, borders with Hong Kong and Macau, and as the ancestral homeland of many overseas Chinese. And it's not just big cities and historic sites: the province also has beautiful mountains, idyllic villages, popular beaches, and world-famous cuisine.
The coastal area east of the Pearl River Delta, culturally and linguistically distinct from the rest of the province.
The inland part of Guangdong – the cities here are less internationalized, and they're interspersed with stunning mountains.
"The world's workshop", a major manufacturing area. Guangdong produces a third of China's total exports and most of those are from the Delta region. The area from Shenzhen to Guangzhou is essentially one massive factory city.
The coastal area west of the Pearl River Delta
As elsewhere in China, there is an extensive rail network; Guangzhou is one of the major hubs. Rail is the main means of inter-city travel for the Chinese themselves, and many visitors travel that way as well.
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the capital of the province, largest city, economic and cultural center
main center of Teochew culture, known for great food and the beautiful Guangji Bridge
main center of Hakka culture, and ancestral homeland of many overseas Hakkas
popular for its chickens, white-water rafting and hot springs.
visited for the forest and mountains that surround it, and home to the Yao ethnic minority
the "Silicon Valley of China", a boom town on the border with Hong Kong
homeland of the first Chinese immigrants to the United States and Canada, and an easy daytrip distance from the Kaiping Diaolou.
Gateway to Hainan and home to the navy, known for its French colonial architecture.
Hometown of the revolutionary father of modern China, Sun Yat-sen
Danxiashan (丹霞山, Dānxiáshān) is a geopark in Guangdong, China. A landscape of stunning cliffs, steep and rounded red mountains, caves, forests, and lakes in rural Shaoguan, Danxiashan is still little known to foreign visitors.
A small town famous for its mixture of western and eastern style castle-like dwellings built by overseas Chinese and the setting for the popular Chinese film "Let the Bullets Fly" (让子弹飞).
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