Dongguan City City Map:
Dongguan City in Guangdong Province, south-central, northeast of the Pearl River Delta, north of Guangzhou, south of Shenzhen, adjacent to Hong Kong and Macao, Guangzhou and Hong Kong economic corridor is located in the middle is water and land transportation between Guangzhou and Hong Kong, the only way. Guangzhou is located in the East because, within the rich grass named Wan. Dongguan is the opening to modern Chinese history, Lin in Humenxiaoyan Anti-British, shock and abroad. The city's land area 2465 square kilometers, sea area of 150 square kilometers. 115.95 km long coastline. Household population of 156.19 million people, more than 500 million people of foreign temporary residents. Dongguan is a famous hometown, native of Dongguan, 20 million overseas Chinese, compatriots of Hong Kong 74 million people.
Lingnan koup City. Jin Ham and six years (AD 331) established the county, the beginning of Baoan, county officials under the East; Tang Zhide years (AD 757), changed its name Dongguan. Southern Song Dynasty Shaoxing two years (AD 1152) points established in Dongguan, Xiangshan Town, Xiangshan County (now Zhongshan City); the first year of Ming Dynasty (AD 1573) by the Dongguan Shouyu Thousand, Fifty-six families in establishing a new compilation County (now Bao'an District, Shenzhen), Dongguan region shrinks. Clearance along the prescribed system. Republic of China, Guangdong Province, Guangdong Road has attached to Guangdong in the SAR, the first administrative district and the fourth. Has attached after the founding of Guangzhou, Foshan, Huiyang areas. September 1985 a county city in January 1988 upgraded to a prefecture-level city.
Dongguan City is an important transport hub in southern China. National Highway and Guangzhou-Shenzhen Highway 107 runs through the north and south, the territory of four main roads and 13 roads were a road network. Guangzhou-Kowloon Railway, Guangzhou-Shenzhen railway across the eastern towns of quasi-high speed, and with the Beijing-Kowloon Railway and Guangzhou-Meizhou-Shantou railway interchange. 53 km coastline of the main channel, river navigable mileage of 798 km. More classes in Hong Kong Pacific passenger flights a day to Hong Kong. Humen Port is a national first class port open to foreign vessels. In the urban area within a radius of 50 kilometers, there are two Shenzhen Baoan International Airport and Guangzhou Baiyun.
Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, historical and cultural city. A world-famous cigarette sales Lin Chi, Sha Kok Fort, Fort Weiyuan ancient battlefield sites such as the Opium War and the Opium War Museum, Museum naval bases for patriotic education. En Ming Ying a gatehouse, Jin Ao Island Tower, Liu Hua Tower, Yuanchonghuan House, Cliff Yanling Ming and Qing Dynasties, the Qing Dynasty, one of the four famous gardens in Guangdong can park, the famous patriotic general Jiang Guangnai modern residence and other cultural attractions.
Dongguan is also a feature of the emerging manufacturing-industrial city, to develop export-oriented manufacturing the hardware it for the world's largest computer and information industry base. Dongguan is the economic strength of China and one of the top 30 cities in one of the fastest growing economy and foreign trade for 7 years, the third ranked cities, ranking the first prefecture-level cities.
City has won the "National Advanced City to create civilized villages and towns", "advanced unit of national anti-drug", "National Model collective national unity and progress", "National Advanced City through science and education", "National Advanced City in two basic education", "National Health City "" National Sports Advanced City "and so on, and for five times was named" support model city. "
(Photo at right, Dongguan city flower - Magnolia) |