1, Chuting
Legend has it that the earliest place name in Guangzhou is "Chuting" (or "Chuting"). Under the Sun Yat-sen Monument on the Yuexiu Mountain, there is still a stone archway built in the Qing Dynasty with the words "Chu Pavilion in ancient times" engraved on it. Many historical records regard "Chuting" as the prototype of Guangzhou, which is the earliest title of Guangzhou, dating back to 2847.
2. Xing Wang Fu
At the end of the Tang Dynasty, (also known as) Guangzhou was proclaimed emperor, and the name of the Southern Han Dynasty (9 17-97 1) made Guangzhou its capital (then called Xing).
3. Nanhai County
In 2 14 BC, after Qin Shihuang unified Lingnan, Nanhai County was established in Guangzhou. At that time, Ren Xiao, the commander of Nanhai County, built a wall near the old warehouse lane of Zhongshan No.4 Road, which was called Ren Xiaocheng, and Guangzhou was the seat of the county government.
4. JIAOZHOU
After Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty pacified South Vietnam in11BC, the former Zhao Tuo separatist region was divided into nine counties (later reduced to seven counties), while Guangzhou was still called Nanhai County, which belonged to the toe-crossing department and was later called Jiaozhou, and the administrative scope of Nanhai County was reduced. Jiaozhou Prefecture moved to Wuzhou, Guangxi, and Guangzhou City once declined.
5. Guangzhou
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Guangzhou belonged to the State of Wu. In 2 16, bu zhi, the secretariat of the state of Wu, moved the rule of Jiaozhou from Wuzhou to Guangzhou, and changed it to Guangzhou in 226, hence the name Guangzhou. The administrative area of Guangzhou in Han Dynasty was about 6.5438+0.05 million square kilometers.
6.nanhai county
In the Jin Dynasty, Guangzhou was also called Nanhai County, which was ruled by the state. However, the administrative jurisdiction of Nanhai County is smaller than that of Han Dynasty, which divided Meixian, Chaoshan and Huiyang in the east. Nanhai County in Jin Dynasty covers an area of about 46,000 square kilometers. During the Southern and Northern Dynasties and the Sui Dynasty, Guangzhou was still a city governed by prefectures and counties, and the scope of prefectures and counties changed slightly.
7. Guangzhou Governor's Office
Guangzhou was called the Governor's Office of Guangzhou in the Tang Dynasty, and it was the seat of the Governor's Office of Taoism and Lingnan Road. The administrative boundaries of Guangzhou Dudufu extend to Baoan and Zhongshan in the south, Qingyuan in the north and Sihui in the west. Huaiji covers an area of about 42,000 square kilometers.
8. Xing Wang Fu
At the end of the Tang Dynasty, Ada proclaimed himself emperor in Guangzhou, which was called the South Han Kingdom in history, and Guangzhou was Chang Palace, imitating the imperial capital Chang 'an, with Xianning and Changkang counties in Guangzhou.
9. Guangzhou
In 970 AD, after the Southern Han Dynasty in Song Ping, Fei Xing Wang Fu still called Guangzhou (the name of Guangzhou has been used to this day), and Guangzhou was ruled by Guangnan East Road (Guangdong for short). The name of Guangdong Province begins). The administrative area of Guangzhou is about 43,000 square kilometers.
10, which was called Guangzhou Road and guangzhou fu successively in Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties.
During the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, Guangzhou was called Guangzhou Road (Yuan Dynasty) and guangzhou fu (Ming and Qing Dynasties), both of which were provinces (Guangdong Road in Yuan Dynasty, Guangdong Chief Secretary in Ming Dynasty and Guangdong Province in Qing Dynasty). Although the administrative area has changed, it is not big.
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Before liberation, when the Kuomintang ruled, Guangzhou was designated as a city and remained the seat of the provincial capital. The administrative area of Guangzhou is much smaller than that of previous historical periods. After liberation, Guangzhou was once designated as a municipality directly under the central government, and in 1954, when the national administrative divisions were adjusted, it was changed to a provincial city. ?
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