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Encyclopedia > Gaoming

Gaoming (高明, Pinyin:Gāomíng) is a county-level city in Guangdong province of the People's Republic of China. Pinyin (拼音, pīnyīn) literally means join (together) sounds (a less literal translation being phoneticize, spell or transcription) in Chinese and usually refers to Hànyǔ Pīnyīn (汉语拼音, literal meaning: Han language pinyin), which is a system of romanization (phonetic notation and transliteration to roman script) for Standard Mandarin used in the... A county-level city (县级市 Pinyin: xiànjí shì) is a county-level administrative division of mainland China. ... Guangdong (Simplified Chinese: 广东; Traditional Chinese: 廣東; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Kuang-tung; Postal System Pinyin: Kwangtung or Canton Province, Jyutping: gwong2 dung1), is a province on the south coast of the Peoples Republic of China. ...



Gaoming has ressources of Gold, Copper, Tungsten and other ressources. Gaoming county is an importantproducer of foodstuffs within Guangdong. General Name, Symbol, Number Gold, Au, 79 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 11 (IB), 6, d Density, Hardness 19300 kg/m3, 2. ... General Name, Symbol, Number copper, Cu, 29 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 11 , 4, d Density, Hardness 8920 kg/m3, 3. ... General Name, Symbol, Number Tungsten, W, 74 Chemical series Transition metals Group, Period, Block 6 (VIB), 6, d Density, Hardness 19250 kg/m3, 7. ... Guangdong (Simplified Chinese: 广东; Traditional Chinese: 廣東; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Kuang-tung; Postal System Pinyin: Kwangtung or Canton Province, Jyutping: gwong2 dung1), is a province on the south coast of the Peoples Republic of China. ...


Food and textile industries are important.


Administration

Gaoming belongs to Foshan prefecture. Neighboring counties are Gaoyao in the North, Xinxing in the West, Heshan in the South, Nanhai and Sanshui in the East. The county is divided into 6 districts and 3 Street committees. Major localities in the county are Heshui (合水), Genglou (更楼), Yangmei (杨梅), Renhe (人和), Xi'an (西安) and Fuwan (富湾). Gaoyao City (高要市) is a city in Guangdong province, in southern China. ... Heshan is a county-level city with more than 100,000 inhabitants in the South of the Southern province of Guangdong of the Peoples Republic of China. ... Sanshui ((三水, three waters, Pinyin:SānshÇ”i) is a city with about 120,000 inhabitants in Guangdong province of the Peoples Republic of China. ...


Traffic

Gaoming is not particularly well integrated into transport systems. The railway from Guangzhou to Maoming as well as the Guangzhou-Foshan-Kaiping highway do not rouch the area of the county. Gaoming has a port on a river. Location within China CITIC Plaza Guangzhou fireworks display at night Guangzhou (Simplified Chinese: 广州; Traditional Chinese: 廣州; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Kuang-chou; Jyutping: Gwong2zau1; Yale: GwóngjaÅ«) is the capital of the Guangdong Province in southern China. ... Maoming (茂名) is a city within Guangdong province of the Peoples Republic of China. ... Location within China CITIC Plaza Guangzhou fireworks display at night Guangzhou (Simplified Chinese: 广州; Traditional Chinese: 廣州; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Kuang-chou; Jyutping: Gwong2zau1; Yale: GwóngjaÅ«) is the capital of the Guangdong Province in southern China. ... Foshan (佛山; pinyin: Fóshān) is a city in southeast China in central Guangdong southwest of Guangzhou. ... Kaiping (开平) is a county-level city in the Guangdong province of southern China. ...


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Gaoming Investment Network (966 words)
Gaoming city is located in the middle part of Guangdong province, north-western part of the Zhujiang River Delta and at the lower reaches of the Zhujiang River, bordering Gaoyao city in the north, Xinxing city in the west, neighboring Heishan city to the south and facing Nanhai city across Xijiang River to the east.
Gaoming belongs to the subtropical monsoon climate with abundant sunlight, sufficient rainfalls and is mild all the year round.
Gaoming city owns vast fertile land and abundant agricultural resources and is reputed as 'the hometown of fish and rice'.
Pg 1- Goaming, Guangzhou, China / Back To Our Children's Homeland (558 words)
After 31 hours of rocking on a train from Nanping to Guangzhou, I was headed to Gaoming City on Tuesday, June 19th.
We searched one after another and failed to find any information about how to get to Gaoming, even with Muoyan's Cantonese dialect and her experience traveling to a town close to Gaoming early this year.
After two hours of searching for the right bus to Gaoming and another hour or so riding, finally, we are here at the Gaoming City Social Welfare Home.
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