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Pearl River Delta
Sign in to saveAlso known as Zhujiang Kou, Canton River
low-lying area surrounding the Pearl River estuary
Key facts
- Provinces
- Guangdong Hong Kong Macau
- Major cities
- Guangzhou Shenzhen Zhuhai Foshan Dongguan Zhongshan Jiangmen Huizhou Zhaoqing Hong Kong Macau
- Governor of guangdong
- Wang Weizhong
- Chief executive of hong kong
- John Lee
- Chief executive of macau
- Sam Hou Fai
- Total
- 55,800 km (21,500 sq mi)
- Density
- 1,540/km (4,000/sq mi)
- Per capita
- CN¥170,900, (US$23,800)
- Time zone
- UTC+8 ( CST , HKT , MST )
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- river delta
- Has part
- Guangzhou
- Country
- China
- Located in
- Guangdong
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- Commons category
- Pearl River Delta
- topic's main category
- Category:Pearl River Delta
- delta of
- Pearl River
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Encyclopedic overview
Chinese abbreviation Chinese珠三角 Literal meaningZhu (Pearl River) Delta
Second alternative Chinese name Simplified Chinese粤江平原 Traditional Chinese粵江平原 Literal meaningYue (Guangdong) river plain
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