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Dongguan
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Dōngguǎn (Cheenese: 东莞), is a prefectur-level ceety in central Guangdong province, Fowkrepublic o Cheenae.
Dongguan 东莞 | |
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Prefectur-level ceety | |
东莞市 | |
![]() Frae top left:Guanyinshan , Dongguan Avenue (Central Business Destrict), Humen Pearl River Bridge, & Keyuan | |
![]() Location o Dongguan in Guangdong | |
Coordinates: 23°2′N 113°43′E | |
Kintra | Fowkrepublic o Cheenae |
Province | Guangdong |
Foondit | 331 AD |
Govrenment | |
• CPC Committee Secretar | Xu Jianhua (徐建华) |
• Mayor | Yuan Baocheng (袁宝成) |
Area | |
• Total | 2465 km2 (952 sq mi) |
Population (2010) | |
• Total | 8,220,237 |
• Density | 3,300/km2 (8,600/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (Cheenae Staundart Time) |
Postal code | 523000 |
Area code(s) | 769 |
Licence plate prefixes | 粤S |
- Total | ¥ 424.6 billion (2010) |
- Per capita | ¥ 53,285 (2008) |
Ceety flouer | Yulan magnolia Magnolia denudata |
Website | http://www.dongguan.gov.cn/ |
Dongguan | |||||||||||||||
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Semplifeed Cheenese | 东莞 | ||||||||||||||
Tradeetional Cheenese | 東莞 | ||||||||||||||
Jyutping | Dung1 gun2 | ||||||||||||||
Cantonese Yale | Dūnggún | ||||||||||||||
Hanyu Pinyin | Dōngguǎn | ||||||||||||||
Postal | Tungkun | ||||||||||||||
Leeteral meanin | Smiling east | ||||||||||||||
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An important industrial ceety locatit in the Pearl River Delta, Dongguan borders the provincial caipital o Guangzhou tae the north, Huizhou tae the northeast, Shenzhen tae the sooth, an the Pearl River tae the wast.
It is hame tae ane o the warld's lairgest, tho maistly empty, shoppin maw an aw, New South China Mall. Ceety admeenistration is considered especially progressive in seekin foreign direct investment. The three neebourin municipalities o Guangzhou, Dongguan, an Shenzhen are hame tae ower 25 million residents, accoontin for a lairge proportion o the Pearl River Delta Region's population.[1]
Dongguan ranks ahint anerlie Shenzhen, Shanghai an Suzhou in exports amang Cheenese ceeties, wi $65.54 billion in shipments.