Shaoguan

Shaoguan is a prefecture-level city in northern Guangdong Province (Yuebei), South China, bordering Hunan to the northwest and Jiangxi to the northeast. It is home to the mummified remains of the sixth Zen Buddhist patriarch Huineng. Its built-up (or metro) area made up of Zhenjiang, Wujiang and Qujiang urban districts was home to 1,028,460 inhabitants as of the 2020 census.

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Shaoguan is a prefecture-level city in northern Guangdong Province in South China that borders Hunan and Jiangxi provinces. It is historically significant as the home of the mummified remains of Huineng, the sixth patriarch of Zen Buddhism, and had a metropolitan population of over 1 million people as of 2020.

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Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Guangdong
Settlement.subdivision_type2: County-level divisions
Settlement.subdivision_name2: 10
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Township divisions
Settlement.seat_type: Municipal seat
Settlement.seat: Zhenjiang District
Settlement.leader_title: CPC Secretary
Settlement.leader_name: Jiang Ling ()
Settlement.leader_title1: Mayor
Settlement.name: Shaoguan
Settlement.official_name: Seochew
Settlement.native_name: 韶关市
Settlement.native_name_lang: zh-Hans
Settlement.other_name: Shiukwan
Settlement.settlement_type: Prefecture-level city
Settlement.image_map1: Guangdong subdivisions - Shaoguan.svg
Settlement.map_caption1: Location of Shaoguan City jurisdiction in Guangdong