Governor: Huang Huahua

Capital: Guangzhou

Government office address:

Website: http://www.gd.gov.cn

Geographical location:

Guangdong Province is located in the southeast of China’s mainland where it occupies an area of 178,000 square kilometers. Its many islands add a further 1,600 square kilometers. To the south it meets the warm waters of the South China Sea along a coastline of 3,368 km. The Tropic of Cancer runs through the center of this low latitude province where the Pearl River, at 2,122 km the third longest in China, meets the sea. The fertile Pearl River Delta is well-known as a land rich in fish and rice.