Guangdong Province, CHINA

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GUANGDONG / KWANGTONG





Guangdong Province, located in southeast China, occupies a land area of 178,000 sq km. Its islands add a further 1,600 sq km. To the south it meets the warm waters of the South China Sea along a coastline of 3,368 km. The Tropic of Cancer runs through the center of this low latitude province where the Pearl River, 2,122 km long, meets the sea. The fertile Pearl River Delta is rich in fish and rice.

Population: 104,303,132

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A view of rural Guangdong's rice fields.

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The Danxia Mountains of Guangdong Province...

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A village near Qingyuan, Guangdong Province.

This was my great-grandfather's hometown.