District of Guangzhou city in China is one million, and also the provincial capital and a prefecture in the province of Canton in southern China. There are more than 6 million people. If the suburbs are defined as including more than 10 million. The international name of the town was originally Canton, this is also the name derived there for the spoken language, Cantonese. The city is an important port. The port in 2006 was the fifth largest in the world.
Guangzhou is the capital city of Guangdong province, the most prosperous province in China. Guangdong borders Fujian province to the northeast, Jiangxi and Hunan provinces to the north, Guangxi autonomous region to the west, and Hong Kong and Macau Special Administrative Regions to the south. Hainan province is offshore across from the Leizhou Peninsula.
Cantonese food is generally not sharp. Typical dishes are traditional Cantonese soup (广 式 靓汤), porridge (粥, Zhou) and Dim Sum (点心). The Chinese cuisine in Europe and North America is usually strongly influenced Cantonese (mainly by immigrants from Hong Kong), but mostly in a modified form.
In China, the city also 穗 SUI or 羊城 is Yangcheng (City of goats called). The city landmark is a statue of five goats. The proximity to Hong Kong – has been as in the entire Pearl River Delta – a positive impact on economic development. Guangzhou twice a year – in spring and autumn – instead of China’s largest Import and Export Fair. In 2005, construction began on the highest TV tower in the world (610 meters).
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