Shaoguan City belongs to Guangdong Province.
Shaoguan City, prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Guangdong Province, is located in the northern part of Guangdong Province, the city's total area of 18,400 square kilometers, ranking second in Guangdong Province, with an area of 2,870.66 square kilometers in the urban area.At the end of 2021, Shaoguan had a household population of 3,367,500 people, of which 1,536,900 were urban residents. Shaoguan City is the gathering place of Hakka culture, the hometown of the Maba people, the birthplace of the Shixia culture, the ancestor of Zen culture, and the hometown of Zhang Jiuling, a famous prime minister.
The three kingdoms, two jin and north-south dynasty period, began to set up in the north of guangdong county state. 1949, the establishment of shaoguan city people's government, jurisdiction of shaoguan city. 1977 January, shaoguan city upgraded to the province municipalities, out of the regional establishment, shaoguan area under the jurisdiction of 13 counties, shaoguan city under the jurisdiction of 1 county. 1983 June, shaoguan area and shaoguan city merger, unified called shaoguan city (prefecture-level city).
Resources of Shaoguan CityShaoguan City is a national key forest area, Guangdong timber forests, water forests and key moso bamboo bases, known as the biological gene pool of South China and the ecological barrier of the Pearl River Delta; preserved the most complete piece of oasis in the same latitude of the earth.
Shaoguan City is one of the country's first six ecological civilization construction pilot areas, Che Baling National Nature Reserve promoted to the World Biosphere Reserve. There are 15 nature reserves above the provincial level, including 3 national ones. There are 4 national forest parks, Xiaokeng, Nanling, Shaoguan and Tianjing Mountain, 1 Nanshui Lake National Wetland Park, 1 Danxia Mountain World Geopark and World Natural Heritage, and 2 national mine parks, Furong Mountain National Mining Park and Fankou National Mining Park.
The above content refers to Baidu Encyclopedia Shaoguan City