Home » China Province Maps » Guangdong

Map of Guangdong Province, China

Guangdong Province

With Guangzhou as its capital and Shenzhen as the economic hub, Guangdong is located on the southern coast of China. It has been the most populous province in China in January in 2005, with registering 79million permanent residents and 31 million migrants living on the area of over 180,000 square kilometers. It has 3,368 kilometers of winding coastline, which is the longest in China. Cities around the Pearl River Delta cover Dongguan, Foshan, Guangzhou (known as Canton by the western world), Huizhou, Jiangmen, Shenzhen, Shunde, Taishan, Zhongshan and Zhuhai.

Location of Guangdong

Guangdong province is adjacent to Jiangxi and Hunan provinces to the north, Fujian to the east, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region to the west and to the south across the Qiongzhou Strait.

Mountains and hills take up 2/3 Guangdong's total area with Mount Jiulianshan, Nanling, Danxia Mountain, Mount Lianhu and Yuexiu as the major ones. Its terrain gradually descends from north to south. The rivers of Zhujiang, Hanjiang, Moyangjiang and Jianjiang are the major rivers. A sinuous coast line provides Guangdong with many islands like Chuanshan Island, etc. Rivers within the province meanders along the fertile Pearl River Delta, where there are plenty of tourist attractions.

Climate of Guangdong

Guangdong enjoys the humid subtropical climate with prolonged summers and warm winters. Annual rainfall averages nearly 1500-2000 millimeters and annual temperature averages 19 C - 26 C. So the best time for travelers to Guangdong is in spring and autumn.

Transportation in Guangdong

Railways in Guangdong

Beijing-Guangzhou and Beijing-Kowloon are the two main stem railways which run through Guangdong, and are joined by Guangzhou-Shenzhen, Guangzhou-Meizhou-Shantou, Sanshui-Maoming, Zhanjiang-Hai'an and other branch lines.

Highways in Guangdong

Almost every national highway runs through Guangdong province. Express highways like, Guangzhou-Zhanjiang, Guangzhou-Shaoguan, Guangzhou-Shenzhen and Shenzhen-Shantou largely improves highway transportation here, providing Guangdong with one of the most developed highway system.

Airways in Guangdong

Airports have been built in Guangzhou, Shantou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai and Zhanjiang, with flight courses connecting the province with almost over 70 cities of China and more than 10 cities abroad.

Waterways in Guangdong

Guangdong has a well developed sea transportation system. Ocean routes connect the province with ports all over the world. Deep sea ports like Huangpu, Zhanjiang, Shantou and Shekou can harbor ships over ten thousand tons.

Travel & Sightseeing in Guangdong

Guangdong has its own four famous mountains-Mount Danxia in the north, Xijiao at the South China Sea, Luofu in Boluo, and Dinghu in Zhaoqing, which have attracted many tourists abroad and home with their picturesque highlights and interests. Nanhua Temple in Shaoguan, Ancestral Temple of the Chen Family, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Yuexiu Park, Baiyunshan and the Pearl River water front could be extremely attractive. In addition, you can have one day Shenzhen tour which actually means you can complete a round-the-world trip by visiting Splendid China and the Window of the World, because it exhibits collections of scale models of the world well-known structures or monuments such as the Great Wall of China, the Eiffel Tower of France and much more.
It is so wonderful to have a tan by lying on the excellent beaches along the thousand kilometers of coastline. Besides, Cantonese cuisine is one of the eight most famous cuisines in China.

-Click here to find more about Guangdong Tourist Attractions

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Guangdong Province Map

-Click here to view the full map of Guangdong Province in a new window(554kb)

Outline Map of Guangdong Province

Click to view Full Guangdong Outline map(600*600 pixel, file size: 42KB)