What unique geographical environment does Guangdong have?
1. Natural geographical environment characteristics:
1. Guangdong Province is located in the southernmost part of mainland China. It borders Fujian to the east, Jiangxi and Hunan to the north, Guangxi to the west, and the South China Sea to the south. It borders the Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Regions on the east and west sides of the Pearl River Estuary. The Leizhou Peninsula in the southwest faces Hainan Province across the Qiongzhou Strait.
2. The entire territory is located between 20°13′～25°31′ north latitude and 109°39′～117°19′ east longitude. The province's land area is 179,800 square kilometers, accounting for approximately 1.87% of the country's land area; of which the island area is 1,592.7 square kilometers, accounting for approximately 0.89% of the province's land area.
3. There are 759 islands with an area of more than 500 square meters along the coast of the province, ranking third in the country after Zhejiang and Fujian provinces. There are also 1,631 Mingjiao and Qianchujiao. indivual. The province's mainland coastline is 3,368.1 kilometers long, ranking first in the country.
4. Most of the mountains in Guangdong Province are consistent with the trend of geological structures, mostly running from north-east to south-west. There are large and small valleys and basins distributed between the mountains. The Pearl River Delta plain is the largest, followed by the Chaoshan Plain. In addition, there are alluvial plains such as Gaoyao, Qingyuan, Yangcun and Huiyang. Platforms are mostly distributed in the Leizhou Peninsula-Dianbai-Yangjiang area and Haifeng-Chaoyang area.
5. Guangdong Province belongs to the East Asian monsoon region, with central subtropical, south subtropical and tropical climates from north to south. It is one of the regions richest in light, heat and water resources in China. Floods and droughts occur frequently, and typhoons are also more frequent. Low temperatures and rain in spring, cold dew winds in autumn, and cold waves and frosts from late autumn to early spring are also frequent disastrous weather conditions in Guangdong.
2. Characteristics of the human and geographical environment:
1. Since 1978, Guangdong has taken the lead in implementing the reform and opening up policy in the country, promoting rapid and coordinated economic development and becoming China's largest economic hub. Province, one of the regions with the most developed economy, market vitality and investment attraction. The Pearl River Delta region has become a world-renowned processing and manufacturing export base and one of the first choice regions for industrial transfer in the world.
2. Guangdong culture has a long history and is the main body of Lingnan culture. It occupies an important position and plays an important role in the development history of Chinese national culture. It is one of the most distinctive and dynamic regional cultures in the splendid culture of the Chinese nation. ?
3. Lingnan culture consists of root culture (i.e., language identity culture), Baiyue culture (i.e., inherent local culture), Central Plains culture (i.e., Central Plains Han culture that migrated south), and overseas culture (i.e., imported It consists of four parts (extraterritorial culture), and its connotations are rich and colorful.
4. Guangdong culture covers Lingnan architecture, Lingnan gardens, Lingnan painting school, opera and music, arts and crafts, folk festivals, religious culture, food culture, language culture, overseas Chinese culture and many other contents. Geographically, it is divided into Guangfu culture, Guangdong Hakka culture and Chaoshan culture.
5. The language situation in Guangdong is complex. In addition to northern Guangdong, eastern Guangdong, and western Guangdong, there are Yao, Zhuang, She, Biao, and unknown Chinese dialects such as Old Zhenghua, Junhua, and Shaozhou. There are three main popular Chinese dialects: Guangdong's native Chinese dialect, Cantonese (including Neng Gu dialect), Hakka (including Ya dialect), and Min dialect, which retain rich ancient Chinese characteristics and have their own characteristics.
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The administrative planning characteristics of Guangdong Province are:
1. Guangdong Province has 21 prefecture-level cities, divided into the Pearl River Delta, Eastern Guangdong, There are four regions in western Guangdong and northern Guangdong, including the Pearl River Delta: Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Foshan, Dongguan, Zhongshan, Zhuhai, Jiangmen, Zhaoqing, and Huizhou; eastern Guangdong: Shantou, Chaozhou, Jieyang, and Shanwei; western Guangdong: Zhanjiang, Maoming, and Yangjiang , Yunfu; Northern Guangdong: Shaoguan, Qingyuan, Meizhou, Heyuan.
2. Among the municipalities under the jurisdiction of Guangdong Province, Guangzhou is the national central city, Shenzhen is a city under separate planning, Shenzhen, Zhuhai and Shantou are special economic zones, and Guangzhou and Zhanjiang are the first batch of coastal open cities in China.
3. Guangdong Province is divided into 122 county-level administrative regions, including 65 municipal districts, 20 county-level cities, 34 counties, and 3 autonomous counties. Among them, Shunde District of Foshan City was designated as a pilot county under direct provincial administration by Guangdong Province, and a county financial system under direct provincial administration was implemented for Shunde District. Shunde District enjoys the administrative law enforcement authority of prefecture-level cities and will be directly assessed by Guangdong Province, with separate scores.
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