Shaoguan, Guangdong is a fourth-tier city. Shaoguan is a prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province, located in the north of Guangdong Province. According to the latest classification in 2024, Shaoguan is a fourth-tier city. Guangdong Province, referred to as "Guangdong" for short, is the provincial administrative region of People's Republic of China (PRC) (China), with Guangzhou as its capital. Guangdong Province is located at the southernmost tip of Chinese mainland, bordering Fujian in the east, Jiangxi and Hunan in the north, Guangxi in the west and the South China Sea in the south. The east and west sides of the Pearl River Estuary are bordered by China, Hongkong and China Macao Special Administrative Region respectively, and the Leizhou Peninsula in the southwest faces Hainan Province across Qiongzhou Strait. Guangdong Province belongs to the East Asian monsoon region and subtropical monsoon climate, and is one of the regions with the richest light, heat and water resources in China. The land area of Guangdong is179,800 square kilometers, accounting for 1.87% of the total area of the country, and the total sea area is 425,900 square kilometers.