Guangdong Province Population: 56.5 million Urban population: 17 million Area: 180,000 square kilometers Nationalities: Han, Yao, Zhuang, Hui, Manchu, and She Coastline: 4,300 kilometers long Climatic features: subtropical-tropical, humid monsoonal climate; rainy season from April to September; typhoons from May to November Average temperature: 8 - 17 centigrade degree in January, 27 - 29 centigrade degree in July. Annual average rainfall: over 1,500 mm; high precipitation on the southern side of mountains; 40 percent of the rain falls during the summer Physical features: situated on the Tropic of Cancer; hills in the north and lowlands in the south; hills scattered along the coastline; faces the South China Sea; includes the Pearl (Zhujiang) River Delta; the Leizhou Peninsula extends to the southwest. Mountains: from west to east, arranged in an arc, are the Yunwu, Nanling, Jiulian, and Lianhua Mountains. Rivers: Pearl River, which is the confluence of the Xijiang, Beijiang, and Dongjiang Rivers from the west, north, and east, respectively Products: rice, potatoes, corn, sorghum, millet, wheat, sugar cane, peanuts, soybeans, sesame, tea; silk cocoons, ambary hemp, jute; sun-cured tobacco; bananas, oranges, lychees, pineapples, longans, and other tropical and subtropical fruits; rubber, oil palm, sisal hemp; coffee, cocoa, lemongrass, pepper; oyster, abalone, pearl, sea horse, and other sea products; timber; wolfram, tin, antimony, bismuth, molybdenum, copper, lead, zinc, oil shale, salt, sulfur Administrative divisions: 15 cities, 73 counties, and 3 autonomous counties Capital: Guangzhou (Canton) Neighboring areas: Hunan, Jiangxi, Fujian, and Hainan Provinces; Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region ; Hong Kong and Macao Major cities: Guangzhou, Shantou, Foshan, Zhanjiang, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Shaoguan Tourist attraction: Seven Star Crags in Zhaoqing Comments: Shenzhen, Zhuhai, and Shantou are three of China's four special economic zones established in early 1980's. Beijing Real Estate - Xian Real Estate - Shanghai Real Estate - Hong Kong Real Estate - Jinan Real Estate - Guangzhou Real Estate - Guangdong Real Estate - Chengdu Real Estate - Xiamen Real Estate - Zhengzhou Real Estate - Kowloon Real Estate - Shenzhen Real Estate - Beihai Real Estate - Dalian Real Estate - Nanjing Real Estate - Chongqing Real Estate - Hangzhou Real Estate - Harbin Real Estate - Kunming Real Estate - Pudong Real Estate - Qingdao Real Estate - Wuhan Real Estate - Shenyang Real Estate - Tianjin Real Estate - Shaanxi Real Estate - Sichuan Real Estate