South Central ChinaSouth Central China
| Region |
Area |
Population |
Density |
|
| Guangdong |
179,800 km2 |
105,940,000 |
590/km2 |
|
Cities: Guangzhou
(Capital). Guangdong faces the South China Sea to the south and has a total of 4,300 km (2,700 mi) of coastline. Leizhou Peninsula is on the southwestern end of the province. There are a few inactive volcanoes on Leizhou Peninsula. The Pearl River Delta is the convergent point of three upstream rivers: the East River, North River, and West River. The river delta is filled with hundreds of small islands.
|
| Guangxi |
236,700 km2 |
46,800,000 |
207/km2 |
Cities: Nanning(the
Capital City), Liuzhou, Guilin, Beihai. Guangxi has a short coastline on the Gulf of Tonkin. Important seaports include Beihai, Qinzhou and Fangchenggang.
Along the border with Vietnam there is the Detian waterfall (pinyin: Dé Ti?n Pùbù), which separates the two countries. |
| Hunan |
210,000 km2 |
71,356,000 |
340/km² |
Cities: Changsha(Capital).
Hunan borders Hubei in the north, Jiangxi to the east,
Guangdong to the southeast,
Guangxi
to the southwest, Guizhou to the west, and Chongqing to the northwest. The capital is
Changsha.
|
| Hubei |
185,900 km2 |
57,237,740 |
310/km² |
Cities: The provincial capital is Wuhan
with 10,220,000 Inhabitants. At the foot of the Three Gorges and the Three Gorges Dam
on the Yangtze river lies Wuhan, the Capital city of Hubei province,
with its famous Yellow Crane Tower. In Hubei the traveller can see
Wudang Mountain and its temples as well as Shennongjia scenic area which
contains many wild yellow monkeys.
|
| Hong
Kong |
1,104 km2 |
7,234,800 |
6,544/km² |
Cities: Hong Kong is a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of
China,
Hong Kong is
the Capital and a city on the southern coast of China at the Pearl River East.
|
| Hainan |
35,400 km2 |
8,900,000 |
250/km² |
Cities: The capital of Hainan Island is Haikou with 2,046,189 Inhabitants
|
| Macau
(Macao) |
31.3 km2 |
624,000 |
18,568/km² |
Cities: The capital of Macau Island is Macau
with 624,000 Inhabitants
|
South Central China consists of six provinces or autonomous regions plus two special administration regions:
Guangdong,
Hainan,
Hubei,
Hunan,
Guangxi,
Hong Kong and
Macau.
The south contains the richest areas of China: Guangdong, Hong Kong and
Macau. The centre is the very heart of China with ancient beauty. Hainan
in the south is a popular destination for palm trees, beaches and sun.
One of the most prosperous and developed areas of China. Guangdong's capital,
Guangzhou, was once know as Canton and has been
China's main trading centre for hundreds of years. The southern cities
of Shenzhen and Zhouhai border
Hong Kong
and Macau. The strange
buildings of Kaiping Diaolou are a UNESCO World Heritage Site. |