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Where is Yangjiang City, Guangdong Province?

Yangjiang is in the southwest of Guangdong Province.

Yangjiang is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Guangdong Province and one of the urban areas on the west bank of the Pearl River Estuary. It is adjacent to the Pearl River Delta and the strategic hub of western Guangdong. It borders Jiangmen to the east, Maoming to the west, the South China Sea to the south, and Yunfu to the north, with a total area of ??7955.9 square kilometers.

In Yangjiang City, Shenhai Expressway, Guangdong Western Coastal Expressway, Shantou-Zhan Expressway, Zhongshan-Yangchun Expressway, 325 National Highway, Sanmao Railway, Yangyang Railway, and Shenzhen-Zhan Railway run through the entire territory, with a long history and unique cultural traditions.

It was the seat of the ancient Gaoliang County in the Han Dynasty, the Jin Dynasty, the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and the shogunate seat of Mrs. Xian in the Sui Dynasty.

Yangjiang City is a famous tourist coastal city in China, with honors such as Safe City, Best Ecological Tourism City, National Garden City, and the Hometown of Chinese Kites. It is known as the Hometown of Kites in the South with Weifang in the north and Yangjiang in the south.

?Geographical environment of Yangjiang City: Yangjiang is located south of the Tropic of Cancer and has a subtropical climate with abundant rainfall and a mild climate.

The annual average temperature is about 22.0 degrees Celsius, and the annual average rainfall is generally about 2040 mm. The rainwater is unevenly distributed. There are many typhoons and rains in summer and autumn. The frost-free period is about 350 days throughout the year, and there are occasional low-temperature frosts.

The hilly area of ??Yangjiang accounts for 25.57%, the mountainous area accounts for 41.97%, and the plain area accounts for 21.77%.

It borders Enping City and Taishan City in the east, Luoding City and Xinxing County in Yunfu City and Xinyi City in Maoming City in the north, Gaozhou City and Dianbai County in Maoming City in the west, and the South China Sea in the south.

The terrain slopes from north to south, surrounded by mountains and the sea. It is surrounded by Tianlu Mountain in the northeast and Yunwu Mountain in the northwest.

The highest peak within the territory is Ehuangzhang (the second highest peak in western Guangdong) in the Wangfu Mountains.

The coastline is 341.5 kilometers long, there are 30 main islands, and the island coastline is 49.3 kilometers long.

It is 1,337 meters above sea level. The longest river is Moyang River (one of the six major rivers in Guangdong), with a total length of 199 kilometers. It runs through Yangjiang from north to south and flows into the South China Sea from north to south.