Guangdong Province
Meaning of the name - Wide East
Guangdong (Simplified Chinese: 广东; Traditional Chinese: 廣東; pinyin: Guǎngdōng; Wade-Giles: Kuang-tung; Postal System Pinyin: Kwangtung or Canton Province, Jyutping: gwong2 dung1; Vietnamese: Quảng Đông), is a province on the south coast of the People's Republic of China. Sometimes, "Canton Province" (based on an obsolete French-derived transliteration of "Guangdong") is used to mean Guangdong. This is as opposed to "Canton (City)", which refers to the city of Guangzhou, the provincial capital.
"Guang" itself means "expanse" or "vast", and was associated with the region from the Western Jin Dynasty onwards. "Guangdong" and neighbouring Guangxi literally mean "expanse east" and "expanse west". Together, Guangdong and Guangxi are called the "Two Guangs" (兩廣 liăng guăng).
The modern abbreviation 粵/粤 (Yue) is related to the Hundred Yuet (百越), a collective name for various peoples that lived in Guangdong and other areas in ancient times.
Major Cities:
Guangzhou, Chaozhou, Dongguan, Foshan, Heyuan, Huizhou, Jiangmen, Jieyang, Maoming, Meizhou, Qingyuan, Shantou, Shanwei, Shaoguan, Shenzhen, Yangjiang, Yunfu, Zhanjiang, Zhaoqing, Zhongshan, Zhuhai
Neighboring Areas:
Hunan, Jiangxi, Fujian, and Hainan Provinces; Guangxi Zhuang Atuonomous Region, Hong Kong and Macao
Municipal government office address:
305 Dongfeng Zhonglu, Guangzhou
Tel: 020-8313 2003
Website: www.gd.gov.cn