Brief introduction of Zhaoqing's belonging to northern or western Guangdong.

1, Zhaoqing belongs to neither northern nor western Guangdong, but to the Pearl River Delta.

Zhaoqing, formerly known as Duanzhou, is a prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province. Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area is one of the important node cities in Guangzhou metropolitan area, and it is an important part of "Guangfo-Zhaozhou Economic Circle" and the Pearl River Xijiang Economic Belt. It governs Duanzhou District, Dinghu District, Gaoyao District, Guang Ningxian, Deqing County, Fengkai County and Huaiji County, and manages Sihui City. It has two major economic functional zones, Zhaoqing New District and Zhaoqing High-tech Zone. The total administrative area of the city 1489 1 square kilometer. According to the data of the seventh national census, as of 0: 00 in 202010,65438+1,the resident population of Zhaoqing City is 41/3594.

Zhaoqing has convenient transportation and obvious location advantages. It is adjacent to Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Hong Kong and Macao in the east and backed by the southwest of the motherland. It is an important transportation hub leading to southwest provinces in economically developed areas. Beautiful scenery and rich tourism resources. Qixingyan in Zhaoqing City is known as "the first wonder in Lingnan". Dinghushan is a national nature reserve. With Xinghu Scenic Area as the center, along the Xijiang River and Suijiang River, Panlongxia, "the first stone in the world", Qianzengfeng, Guangning Bamboo Sea Grand View, Yanchi and other scenic spots spread out one after another, forming a beautiful picture of a thousand-mile tourist corridor.

Zhaoqing is a national historical and cultural city. From Han Dynasty to Qing Dynasty, Zhaoqing became the political, economic and cultural center of Lingnan for many times. Zhaoqing is one of the birthplaces of Guangfu culture, the birthplace of Cantonese, and the earliest meeting place of Central Plains culture and Lingnan culture, western culture and China traditional culture. In the ninth year of Sui Dynasty (589), Duanzhou was established. In the eighth year of Song Zhenghe (1 1 18), Zhaoqing House was established. From the 43rd year of Jiajing in Ming Dynasty (1564) to the 11th year of Qianlong in Qing Dynasty (1746), Zhaoqing was the residence of the Governor's Office of Guangdong and Guangxi.