Guangdong province has 21 prefecture-level cities, namely Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Foshan, Dongguan, Zhuhai, Zhongshan, Huizhou, Jiangmen, Zhanjiang, Zhaoqing, Shantou, Meizhou, Yangjiang, Qingyuan, Heyuan, Yunfu, Shaoguan, Maoming, Jieyang, Shanwei and Maoming.
in addition to 21 prefecture-level cities, there are 65 municipal districts, 2 county-level cities, 34 counties and 3 autonomous counties in Guangdong province. Among them, there are 11 districts in Guangzhou, 9 districts in Shenzhen, 3 districts in Zhuhai and 5 districts in Foshan.
Regional division is closely related to economy, culture and history. Here we talk about Guangdong cuisine, that is, Cantonese cuisine, that is, Guangdong local flavor cuisine, which is one of the four major cuisines in China. It consists of three local flavors: Guangzhou cuisine (also known as Guangfu cuisine), Chaozhou cuisine (also known as Chaoshan cuisine) and Dongjiang cuisine (also known as Hakka cuisine).
location
Guangdong province is located in the southernmost part of Chinese mainland. It borders 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 Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Regions respectively, and the Leizhou Peninsula in the southwest faces Hainan Province across the Qiongzhou Strait. The whole territory is located between 2 9' ~ 25 31' north latitude and 19 45' ~ 117 2' east longitude.
It starts from Chizai Island in Nanpeng Islands, Nan 'ao County in the east and reaches Liangpo Village in Jijia Town, Leizhou City in the west, with an east-west span of about 8 kilometers. From Shang 'ao Village, Baishi Township, Lechang County in the north to Dengloujiao, Jiaowei Township, xuwen county in the south, it spans about 6 kilometers.
The Tropic of Cancer runs through Guangdong from Nan 'ao-Conghua-Fengkai. The land area of the province is 179,8 square kilometers, accounting for 1.87% of the national land area; Among them, the island area is 1592.7 square kilometers, accounting for about .89% of the province's land area.
above content reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Guangdong