The abbreviation of Guangdong Province is "Guangdong".

Guangdong Province, referred to as "Guangdong", is a provincial-level administrative region of the People's Republic of China and the provincial capital of Guangzhou. Because the ancient place name was the east of Guangxin, it was named "Guangdong". Located to the south of Nanling, on the coast of the South China Sea, it borders Hong Kong, Macau, Guangxi, Hunan, Jiangxi and Fujian, and faces Hainan across the sea.

Guangdong is an important inheritance place for Lingnan culture and has unique styles in terms of language, customs, living habits, history and culture. Guangdong is also one of the most populous provinces in China. Guangdong Province belongs to the East Asian monsoon zone, with central subtropical, south subtropical and tropical climates from north to south. It is an area rich in light, heat and water resources in the country, and is one of the birthplaces of farming civilization.

Guangdong’s location

Guangdong Province is located in the southernmost part of mainland China. It borders Fujian to the east, Jiangxi and Hunan to the north, Guangxi to the west, and the South China Sea to the south. It borders the Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Regions on the east and west sides of the Pearl River Estuary. The Leizhou Peninsula in the southwest faces Hainan Province across the Qiongzhou Strait. There are 759 islands with an area of ??more than 500 square meters along the coast of the province, ranking third in the country after Zhejiang and Fujian provinces.

It starts from Chizi Island in Nanpeng Islands in Nan'ao County in the east to Liangpo Village in Jijia Town, Leizhou City in the west, with an east-west span of about 800 kilometers; in the north it starts from Shang'ao Village, Baishi Township, Lechang County, and in the south Dengloujiao, Jiaowei Township, Xuwen County, spans about 600 kilometers. The Tropic of Cancer runs across Guangdong from Nan'ao to Conghua to Fengkai.

Reference for the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Guangdong Province