Geographical location: Guangdong Province is a coastal province at the southern tip of Chinese mainland, located in the south of Nanling and on the coast of the South China Sea. The whole territory is located at latitude 20 09 ˊ ~ 25 31ˊ, longitude109 45 ˊ ~17 20 ˊ, named after Lingnan East Road and Guangnan East Road for short. Guangzhou, the provincial capital, borders Hong Kong, Macao, Guangxi, Hunan, Jiangxi and Fujian, and faces Hainan across the sea. It is divided into Pearl River Delta, East Guangdong, West Guangdong and North Guangdong, and governs 2 1 prefecture-level cities (including 2 sub-provincial cities) and 165438+. .

Physical geography: 1. Guangdong province belongs to the East Asian monsoon region, which is characterized by subtropical climate, subtropical climate and tropical climate from north to south. It is one of the areas with the richest light, heat and water resources in China.

2. Guangdong is rich in precipitation, with an average annual precipitation of 1, 0,300 ~ 2,500mm, and an average of 1, 777mm in the whole province. The spatial distribution of rainfall is basically high in the south and low in the north.

3. Most mountain ranges in Guangdong Province are consistent with the geological structure, mostly from northeast to southwest, such as Luoping Mountain in western Guangdong, central Guangdong, northeastern Guangdong and Lianhua Mountain in eastern Guangdong. Most of the mountainous areas in northern Guangdong are arc-shaped mountains arched to the south, and there are a few northwest-southeast mountains in eastern Guangdong and western Guangdong. There are valleys and basins between the mountains.

Human geography: Guangdong province has a unique style in language customs, traditions, history and culture, and is an important inheritance place of Lingnan culture.

1, Cantonese, Hakka and Min are spoken in Guangdong.

2. Guangdong Province is also the province with the largest population and the most open society and culture in China, and there are millions of foreigners living in Guangdong.

3. Starting from 1989, Guangdong's GDP ranks first among 30 provinces and cities in China? . Guangdong province has become the largest economy in China, accounting for 1/8 of the total national economy, and has surpassed Hongkong and Taiwan Province province to become the largest economy with comprehensive economic competitiveness in China? The province with the strongest financial strength? It has reached the level of upper-middle-income countries and moderately developed countries.

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