2 sub-provincial cities: Guangzhou and Shenzhen.
19 prefecture-level cities: Zhuhai, Shantou, Foshan, Shaoguan, Zhanjiang, Zhaoqing, Jiangmen, Maoming, Huizhou, Meizhou, Shanwei, Heyuan, Yangjiang, Qingyuan, Dongguan, Zhongshan, Chaozhou, Jieyang, Yunfu.
23 county-level cities: Zengcheng City, Conghua City, Nanxiong City, Lechang City, Yingde City, Lianzhou City, Taishan City, Kaiping City, Heshan City, Enping City, Lianjiang City, Leizhou City, Wuchuan City, Gaozhou City, Huazhou City, Xinyi City, Gaoyao City, Sihui City, Xingning City, Lufeng City, Yangchun City, Pu'ning City, Luoding City.
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The land area within Guangdong Province is 179,800 square kilometers, accounting for about 1.87% of the country's land area; of which the island area is 1,592.7 square kilometers, accounting for about 0.89% of the province's land area. There are 759 islands with an area of more than 500 square meters off the coast of the province*** (due to historical reasons, the Dongsha Islands are controlled by the Taiwan authorities), the number of which is only second to Zhejiang and Fujian provinces, ranking third in China. There are another 1,631 bright reefs and dry out reefs. The province's mainland coastline is 3,368.1 kilometers long. According to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the territorial sea, continental shelf and exclusive economic zone under the jurisdiction of coastal states, the province's total sea area of 419,000 square kilometers.?
Guangdong Province has 21 prefectural-level cities under its jurisdiction, which are divided into four regions, namely, the Pearl River Delta (PRD), eastern Guangdong, western Guangdong and northern Guangdong, with the PRD: Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Foshan, Dongguan, Zhongshan, Zhuhai, Jiangmen, Zhaoqing, and Huizhou; the eastern Guangdong: Shantou, Chaozhou, Jieyang, and Shanwei; the western Guangdong: Zhanjiang, Maoming, and Yangjiang; and the northern Guangdong: Shaoguan, Qingyuan, Yunfu, Meizhou, and Heyuan.
Among the provincial municipalities in Guangdong, Guangzhou is the national central city, Shenzhen is a separately listed city, Shenzhen, Zhuhai and Shantou are special economic zones, and Guangzhou and Zhanjiang are China's first coastal open cities. There are 121 county-level administrative districts, including 62 city districts, 20 county-level cities, 36 counties, and 3 autonomous counties. Among them, Shunde District, Foshan City, Guangdong Province, as a pilot provincial direct management of counties, Shunde District, the implementation of provincial direct management of county financial system.
Shunde District enjoys the administrative and law enforcement authority of prefecture-level cities and will be subject to direct assessment by Guangdong Province, with a separate score. The 20 county-level cities are legally directly under the provincial government, but in practice are temporarily administered by prefecture-level cities.
The counties under the jurisdiction of Guangdong Province, including Nanxiong, Zijin, Xingning, Fenkai, Longchuan, Wuhua, Boro, Yangchun, Xuwen, Gaozhou, Yingde, Raoping, Puning, Luoding, Nanao, Renhua, Fengshun, Luhe, Huaji, Jiexi, Liyuan, Taipo, Lufeng, Lianjiang, Huazhou, Deqing, Lianshan, Liannan, and Xinxing are the fiscal province directly under the county.
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