Origin:

Legend has it that the earliest place name in Guangzhou is "Chuting" (or "Chuting"). Under the Sun Yat-sen Monument on the Yuexiu Mountain, there is still a stone archway built by the Qing Dynasty, which is engraved with the words "Chu Pavilion in ancient times". Many historical records regard "Chuting" as the prototype of Guangzhou, and it is the earliest title of Guangzhou, which is 2847 years ago.

Legend has it that five immortals, dressed in colorful clothes and riding colorful sheep, came to Chuting with one stem and six ears of fine rice seeds, and presented the ears of rice to the local people, wishing that there would never be famine here. With that, five immortals flew away, and five sheep turned into stones. In memory of the five immortals, the local people built a Five Immortals Temple, which is said to be the "Chu Ting". As a result, Guangzhou is also known as "Yangcheng" and "Guangzhou City". ?

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Guangzhou:

Referred to as "Sui", also known as Yangcheng and Huacheng, it is the capital, sub-provincial city and national central city of Guangdong Province.

Administrative divisions:

Guangzhou has a total urban area of 7,434.4 square kilometers, and the city-level overall planning areas are Yuexiu, Haizhu, Liwan, Tianhe, Baiyun, Huangpu and Nansha, which are referred to as "Old Seven Districts" for short. Dongshan, Fangcun and Luogang were originally one of the old seven districts, but they were later cancelled due to the merger. Nansha is a part of the new old seven districts. The old four districts originally referred to Yuexiu District, Dongshan District, Haizhu District and Liwan District, but after the regional adjustment, the old three districts (the old city) were adopted, referring to Yuexiu District, Liwan District and Haizhu District. The new four districts are Panyu District, Huadu District, Conghua District and Zengcheng District.

Location context:

Located in the south of China, the south-central part of Guangdong Province and the northern edge of the Pearl River Delta, it is the confluence of Xijiang River, Beijiang River and Dongjiang River, bordering the South China Sea of China, Boluo and Longmen counties in the east, Sanshui, Nanhai and Shunde in the west, Qingyuan City, Fogang County and Xinfeng County in the north, Dongguan City and Zhongshan City in the south and Hong Kong and Macao across the sea. It is one of the starting points of the Maritime Silk Road and the "South Gate" of China.

It is located at east longitude 1 12 degrees 57 minutes to 1 14 degrees 3 minutes and north latitude 22 degrees 26 minutes to 23 degrees 56 minutes. The city center is located at 23 degrees 06 minutes 32 seconds north latitude and 1 13 degrees 15 minutes 53 seconds east longitude.

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