Shaoguan
Shaoguan
韶关市 Shiukwan | |
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Left to right, top to bottom: Downtown Shaoguan from across the Bei River, street scene in central Shaoguan, Shaoyang Tower, the Pagoda of Sixi Temple, aerial view of the city | |
Location of Shaoguan City jurisdiction in Guangdong | |
| Coordinates (Shaoguan municipal government): 24°48′40″N 113°35′49″E / 24.811°N 113.597°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Guangdong |
| County-level divisions | 10 |
| Municipal seat | Zhenjiang District |
| Government | |
| • CPC Secretary | Jiang Ling (江凌) |
| • Mayor | Luo Weifeng (骆蔚峰) |
| Area | |
| 18,645 km2 (7,199 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 2,870.7 km2 (1,108.4 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 2,870.7 km2 (1,108.4 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 59 m (194 ft) |
| Population (2020 census) | |
| 2,855,131 | |
| • Density | 150/km2 (400/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1,028,460 |
| • Urban density | 360/km2 (930/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1,028,460 |
| • Metro density | 360/km2 (930/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 155.4 billion US$ 24.1 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 54,377 US$ 8,429 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Area code | (0)751 |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-GD-02 |
| Licence plate prefixes | 粤F |
| Local dialect | Hakka (regional) Cantonese (native; provincial level) |
| Major Nationalities | Han |
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"Shaoguan" in Traditional (top) and Simplified (bottom) Chinese characters | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 韶关 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 韶關 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Postal | Shiukwan Shiuchow (former) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Beautiful pass | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Shaoguan is a prefecture-level city in northern Guangdong Province (Yuebei), South China, bordering Hunan to the northwest and Jiangxi to the northeast. It is home to the mummified remains of the sixth Zen Buddhist patriarch Huineng. Its built-up (or metro) area made up of Zhenjiang, Wujiang and Qujiang urban conurbated districts was home to 1,028,460 inhabitants as of the 2020 census.