Zhaoqing (肇庆) is a prefecture-level city of Guangdong province in southern China. Population: 5.69 million. Area: 22,322 km². Image File history File links Location of Zhaoqing within Guangdong province of China File links The following pages link to this file: Zhaoqing ... A prefecture-level city (地级市 Pinyin: d , literally region-level city) or prefecture-level municipality is an administrative division of the Peoples Republic of 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. ... Due to Chinas large population and area, the political divisions of China have always consisted of several levels since ancient times. ...

Administration

Zhaoqing has juridiction over 2 districts, 4 counties and 2 cities: District, in the context of China, is used to refer to several unrelated political divisions in both ancient and modern China. ... In the context of Political divisions of China, county is the standard English translation of 县 (xiàn). ...

• Deqing County
• Dinghu District
• Duanzhou District
• Fengkai County
• Gaoyao City
• Guangning County
• Huaiji County
• Sihui City

Gaoyao City (高要市) is a city in Guangdong province, in southern China. ... Sihui is a transportation node in Beijing. ...

Geography

Zhaoqing is located 110km northwest of Guangzhou, in the west Pearl River Delta. It lies on the north shores of the Xijiang River, which is flowing from west to east, and opposite of Gaoyao. A plain area lies to the south and west of Zhaoqing, and a mountainous area to the east and north. Location within China 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. ... Map of Pearl River Delta The Pearl River Delta (PRD, 珠江三角洲 pinyin: Zhū Jiāng Sānjiǎozhōu, Cantonese IPA: dzy1 gɔŋ1 sɑm1gɔk3dzɐʊ1), China, occupies the low-lying areas alongside the Pearl River estuary where the river flows into the South China Sea. ... Xi River (西江, pinyin: Xī Jiāng, Postal System Pinyin: Si Kiang, lit. ... Gaoyao City (高要市) is a city in Guangdong province, in southern China. ...

The city lies in a south subtropical monsoon climatic zone. The yearly average temperature is 21.9oC, and annual precipitation is 1605 mm. Subtropical (or semitropical) areas are those adjacent to the tropics, usually roughly defined as the ranges 23. ... Monsoon in the Vindhya, a mountain chain in central India A monsoon is a periodic wind, especially in the Indian Ocean and southern Asia. ...

Highlights

• Limestone peaks at Seven Star Crags
• Dinghu Mountain
• Song Township city walls, over 800 years old
• Chongxi Pagoda
• Tower for Reviewing the River
• Baogong Memorial Temple

Limey shale overlaid by limestone. ... Alternative meaning: Song Dynasty (420-479) The Song dynasty (Chinese: 宋朝) was a ruling dynasty in China from 960-1279. ... The defensive wall of Braşov, Romania. ... A pagoda at Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia A pagoda is the general term in the English language for a tiered tower with multiple eaves common in China, Japan, Korea, and other parts of Asia. ... Bao Zheng (包拯) (999–1062) was a much-praised judge from Song China. ...

Economy

Local resources include: coal, limestone, copper, lead, zinc, granite, gold, sulfur, gypsum and other minerals. Coal is a fossil fuel extracted from the ground either by underground mining, open-pit mining or strip mining. ... Limey shale overlaid by limestone. ... General Name, Symbol, Number copper, Cu, 29 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 11, 4, d Appearance copper, metallic Atomic mass 63. ... General Name, Symbol, Number lead, Pb, 82 Chemical series poor metals Group, Period, Block 14, 6, p Appearance bluish white Atomic mass 207. ... General Name, Symbol, Number zinc, Zn, 30 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 12, 4, d Appearance bluish pale gray Atomic mass 65. ... Granite is a common and widely-occurring group of intrusive felsic igneous rocks that form at great depths and pressures under continents. ... General Name, Symbol, Number gold, Au, 79 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 11, 6, d Appearance metallic yellow Atomic mass 196. ... General Name, Symbol, Number sulfur, S, 16 Chemical series nonmetals Group, Period, Block 16, 3, p Appearance lemon yellow Atomic mass 32. ... Gypsum is a very soft mineral composed of calcium sulfate dihydrate, with the chemical formula CaSO4·2H2O. // Chemical structure Gypsum from New South Wales, Australia Heating gypsum above approximately 150°C (302°F) partially dehydrates the mineral by driving off exactly 75% of the water contained in its chemical structure. ...

Industries: food industry, instruments and meters, textile, electronics and leather industries. Yunfu is a major area for the production of sulphur and iron.

Farming: paddy rice, sugar cane, poultry and animal husbandry, aquatic products, fruits, flowers and plants, rosin, casia bark and south herbal medicine. Species References ITIS 41975 2002-09-22 Rice (genus Oryza) is a plant of the grass family which is a dietary staple of more than half of the worlds human population. ... Species Ref: ITIS 42058 as of 2004-05-05 Sugarcane is one of six species of a tall tropical southeast Asian grass (Family Poaceae) having stout fibrous jointed stalks whose sap at one time was the primary source of sugar. ... Duck amongst other poultry The Poultry-dealer, after Cesare Vecellio. ... In a draw in a mountainous region, a shepherd guides a flock of about 20 sheep amidst scrub and olive trees. ... Rosin is a solid form of resin obtained from pines and some other plants, mostly conifers, produced by heating fresh liquid resin to vapourise the volatile liquid terpene components. ... The term Herbalism refers to folk and traditional medicinal practice based on the use of plants and plant extracts. ...

Colleges and universities

• Zhaoqing University

Transportation

Zhaoqing is served by railways and highways. Direct train and bus services connect it to Guangzhou, Hong Kong and other cities in Guangdong.

Chu Kong Passenger Transport operates a daily ferry service between Hong Kong and Zhaoqing. Chu Kong Passenger Transport (CKS) operate ferry services between Hong Kong and cities in Guangdong province, China. ... The Pride of Burgundy, a P&O Ferries car ferry on the Dover-Calais route A ferry is a boat or a ship carrying passengers, and sometimes their vehicles, on short-distance, scheduled services. ...