Guangzhou

Guangzhou,^[6] cried Canton or Kwangchow an aa,^[7] is a sub-provincial ceety an the caipital o the Guangdong province in the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae. It is ane o the five National Central Ceeties.^[8] Locatit in soothren Cheenae on the Pearl River, aboot 120 km (75 mi) northwast o Hong Kong, Guangzhou is a key transportation hub an tradin port.^[9]

Guangzhou 广州
Sub-provincial ceety
广州市
Frae top: Tianhe CBD, the Canton Tower & Chigang Pagoda, Haizhu Bridge, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Statue o Five Goats, Zhenhai Tower in Yuexiu Park, an Sacred Heart Cathedral.
Location o Guangzhou Ceety (yellae) in Guangdong
Guangzhou Location in Cheenae
Coordinates: 23°08′N 113°16′E / 23.133°N 113.267°E / 23.133; 113.267 113°16′E / 23.133°N 113.267°E / 23.133; 113.267
Kintra	Fowkrepublic o Cheenae
Province	Guangdong
Govrenment
• Teep	Sub-provincial ceety
• CPC Ctte Secretary	Wan Qingliang
• Mayor	Chen Jianhua
Area [1]
• Sub-provincial ceety	7434 km2 (2870 sq mi)
• Urban	3843 km2 (1484 sq mi)
Elevation	21 m (68 ft)
Population  (2014)[2]
• Sub-provincial ceety	14,080,500
• Density	1,900/km2 (4,900/sq mi)
• Urban [3]	11,547,491
• Metro  (2010)[4]	25,000,000
Demonym(s)	Cantonese
Time zone	UTC+8 (Cheenae Staundart time)
Postal code	510000
Area code(s)	20
GDP[5]	2014
- Tot	CN¥1,67 trillion (US$271.84 billion)
- Per capita	CN¥111,333 (US$18,123)
- Growth	8.6%
Licence plate prefixes	粤A
Flouer	Bombax ceiba
Bird	Cheenese Hwamei
Website	english.gz.gov.cn

Guangzhou is the third lairgest ceety in Cheenae an soothren Cheenae's lairgest ceety. As o the 2000 census, the ceety haed a population o 6 million, an an urban aurie population o roughly 11.85 million,^[10] makin it the maist populous ceety in the province an the third maist populous metropolitan auriea in Cheenae. Some estimates place the population o the entire urban agglomeration as heich as 24.2 million, makin it the 2nt biggest urban aurie in the warld efter Tokyo.^[11] The Guangzhou govrenment's offeecial estimate o the ceety's population at the end o 2009 wis 10,334,500, an addition o 152,500 fowk frae the previous year.^[12] Includin registrated migrant population (present in the ceety 6 month or mair) ceety population is ower 14 mln^[13]. In 2008 Guangzhou wis identified as a Beta Warld Ceety bi the Global ceety index produced bi GaWC.^[14]