Dongguan

Dongguan
东莞市
Tungkun; Tungkuan
Dongguan CBD
Dongguan Avenue
Humen Mountain
Yinxian Mountain Resort
Map
Location of Dongguan in Guangdong
Location of Dongguan in Guangdong
Dongguan is located in China
Dongguan
Dongguan
Location in China
Coordinates (Dongguan government): 23°01′16″N 113°45′07″E / 23.021°N 113.752°E / 23.021; 113.752
CountryChina
ProvinceGuangdong
County331 AD
City (County-level)September 1985
City (Prefecture-level)1 January 1988
Municipal seatNancheng Subdistrict
Government
 • TypePrefecture-level city
 • BodyDongguan Municipal People's Congress
 • CCP SecretaryLiang Weidong
 • Congress ChairmanLiang Weidong
 • MayorXiao Yafei
 • CPPCC ChairmanLuo Zhaoqun
Area
 • Prefecture-level city2,465 km2 (952 sq mi)
 • Urban
2,465 km2 (952 sq mi)
 • Metro
19,870.4 km2 (7,672.0 sq mi)
Elevation
8 m (26 ft)
Population
 (2020 census)[1]
 • Prefecture-level city10,466,625
 • Density4,200/km2 (11,000/sq mi)
 • Urban
10,466,625
 • Urban density4,200/km2 (11,000/sq mi)
 • Metro
65,655,622
 • Metro density3,300/km2 (8,600/sq mi)
GDP[2]
 • Prefecture-level cityCN¥ 1.086 trillion
US$ 168.3 billion
 • Per capitaCN¥ 103,284
US$ 16,010
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard Time)
Postal code
523000
Area code769
ISO 3166 codeCN-GD-19
Licence plate prefixes粤S
City flowerYulan magnolia
Magnolia denudata
Websitewww.dg.gov.cn
Dongguan
"Dongguan" in Simplified (top) and Traditional (bottom) Chinese characters
Simplified Chinese东莞
Traditional Chinese東莞
Hanyu PinyinDōngguǎn
Cantonese YaleDùnggún or Dūnggún
PostalTungkun
Literal meaning"Eastern Bulrush(es)"

Dongguan[a] is a prefecture-level city in central Guangdong Province, China. An important industrial city 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 built-up (or metro) area with more than 65.57 million inhabitants as of the 2020 census spread over nine municipalities across an area of 19,870 square kilometers (7,670 sq mi).[1]

Dongguan's city administration is considered especially progressive in seeking foreign direct investment.[4][who?] 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 shopping malls, the New South China Mall,[5] which is seeing increased activity.[6] Although the city is geographically and thus culturally Cantonese in the Weitou form and as well as culturally Hakka in the prefectures of Fenggang and Qingxi, the majority of the modern-day population speaks Mandarin due to the large influx of economic migrants from other parts of China.[7] The city is home to several universities, including Guangdong University of Science and Technology, Guangdong Medical University and Dongguan University of Technology.

  1. ^ a b "China: Administrative Division of Guăngdōng / 广东省". Archived from the original on 2014-09-23. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
  2. ^ 广东省统计局、国家统计局广东调查总队 (August 2016). 《广东统计年鉴-2016》. 中国统计出版社. ISBN 978-7-5037-7837-7. Archived from the original on 2017-12-22.
  3. ^ "Dongguan". The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (5th ed.). HarperCollins.
  4. ^ Yeung, Godfrey (2001). "Foreign Direct Investment and Investment Environment in Dongguan Municipality of Southern China". Journal of Contemporary China. 10 (26): 125–154. doi:10.1080/10670560125259. S2CID 9810364. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  5. ^ Utopia, Part 3: The World’s Largest Shopping Mall Archived 2017-08-28 at the Wayback Machine, August 18, 2009, Retrieved February 9, 2010
  6. ^ Keegan, Matthew. "World's Biggest Shopping Mall in China Is No Longer a 'Ghost Mall'". Culture Trip. Archived from the original on 2018-09-21. Retrieved 2019-06-13.
  7. ^ Keegan, Matthew (16 February 2018). "Dongguan in the spotlight: hi-tech comeback for 'factory of the world'?". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 July 2020.


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