Dongguan
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Dongguan 东莞市 |
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| Prefecture-level city | |
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 Location of Dongguan in Guangdong |
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 Dongguan
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| Coordinates: 23°2′N 113°43′E / 23.033°N 113.717°ECoordinates: 23°2′N 113°43′E / 23.033°N 113.717°E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Guangdong |
| County | 331 AD |
| City (County-level) | September 1985 |
| City (Prefecture-level) | January 1, 1988 |
| Government | |
| • CPC Committee Secretary | Xu Jianhua (徐建华) |
| • Mayor | Yuan Baocheng (袁宝成) |
| Area | |
| • Prefecture-level city | 2,465 km2 (952 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 2,465 km2 (952 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 17,572.9 km2 (6,784.9 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 8 m (26 ft) |
| Population (2010 census) | |
| • Prefecture-level city | 8,220,207 |
| • Density | 3,300/km2 (8,600/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 8,220,207 |
| • Urban density | 3,300/km2 (8,600/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 44,449,738 |
| • Metro density | 2,500/km2 (6,600/sq mi) |
| • HK & MAC compatriots | 1 million |
| GDP | |
| • Total | ¥ 501.014 billion (2012) |
| • Per capita | ¥ 60,694 (2012) |
| Time zone | China Standard Time (UTC+8) |
| Postal code | 523000 |
| Area code(s) | 769 |
| Vehicle registration | 粤S |
| City flower |
Yulan magnolia Magnolia denudata |
| Website | www |
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"Dongguan" in Simplified (top) and Traditional (bottom) Chinese characters
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| Postal | Tungkun | ||||||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Eastern Bulrushes | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Transcriptions | |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Dōngguǎn |
| Gwoyeu Romatzyh | Donggoan |
| Wade–Giles | Tung1-kuan3 |
| IPA | [tʊ́ŋkwàn] |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | Dūng-gún |
| Jyutping | Dung1-gun2 |
Dongguan is a prefecture-level city in central Guangdong province, China.
An important industrial city located in the Pearl River Delta, Dongguan borders the provincial capital of Guangzhou to the north, Huizhou to the northeast, Shenzhen to the south, and the Pearl River to the west. It is part of the Pearl River Delta megacity with more than 44.78 million inhabitants at the 2010 census spread over nine municipalities (including Macao) across an area of 17,573 square kilometres (6,785 sq mi). Dongguan's city administration is considered especially progressive in seeking foreign direct investment. Dongguan ranks behind only Shenzhen, Shanghai and Suzhou in exports among Chinese cities, with $65.54 billion in shipments. It is also home to one of the world's largest, though largely empty, shopping malls, the New South China Mall. The majority of the population speak Mandarin due to migrants from other parts of the country.
Although the earliest traces of human habitation in the area stretch back 5,000 years, Dongguan's emergence as a true city is a recent phenomenon.
In 1839, at the outset of the First Opium War, large quantities of seized opium were destroyed in Humen, a town that now belongs to Dongguan. Several of the major battles of the war were fought in this area.
During the Second World War, the city served as the base for guerrilla resistance against the Japanese occupation.
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