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Northern Guangdong

Northern Guangdong is in Province in . This region is less developed and industrialised than the coastal regions of Guangdong, with beautiful mountain hikes, rainforests and communities of ethnic minorities.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Shaoguan and Zhaoqing.

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is a small city in Province in . It is famous for its surrounding nature and the hot springs, and for being home to a large number of people from the Yao ethnic minority.

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is a city near in Province in . It is famous for its fresh air and its beautiful mountainous surroundings. With an urban population of 1.2 million, it is much smaller than neighboring cities like Guangzhou and .

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is a city of about a million in . is honored with the titles of Hometown of Culture, and Hometown of the Overseas Hakka Chinese.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Heyuan and Qingyuan.

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is a city in Northern Guangdong, , known for dinosaur fossils, Hakka culture, and natural scenery.

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, formerly romanized as Tsingyun, is a prefecture-level city in northern province, China, on the banks of the Bei or North River. During the 2020 census, its total population was 3,969,473, out of whom 1,738,424 lived in the built-up area made of urbanized Qingcheng and Qingxin districts.

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, also known as Wanfow based on the Cantonese pronunciation, is a city with excellent mineral resources in Northern Guangdong. A center for stonework, mining, and related industry, is nicknamed the "stone capital" of China.

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or Loting is a county-level city in the northwest of province, near the border with . The population of the city was about 1.3 million in 2016.

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Yao Autonomous County is located in the north of province, China, and is part of prefecture-level city. It is one of Guangdong's three autonomous counties. More than half the population of the county is of Yao ethnicity.

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County is a district of , province in . Majestic mountains surrounding offer panoramic views, especially during sunsets. Most visitors are overseas Chinese wishing to connect with their roots.

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is a geopark in , . A landscape of stunning cliffs, steep and rounded red mountains, caves, forests, and lakes in rural , is still little known to foreign visitors.

is near in , .

Northern Guangdong

Latitude of center
24.7443° or 24° 44′ 40″ north
Longitude of center
113.0814° or 113° 4′ 53″ east
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4559546673
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­region
Wiki­data ID
Q13654046
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Italian—“Northern Guangdong” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Guangdong septentrional”
  • Chinese: “粤北”
  • Chinese: “粵北”
  • Italian: “Guangdong settentrionale”

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