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Which city is bigger, Shanghai or Guangzhou?
Guangzhou is bigger than Shanghai, with a total area of 7434 square kilometers and Shanghai 6340.5 square kilometers. Details are as follows:

Guangzhou 1

Guangzhou, referred to as Yangcheng and Huacheng for short, is the capital of Guangdong Province, a sub-provincial city, a national central city and a mega-city. It is an important central city, an international business center and a comprehensive transportation hub in China approved by the State Council. Guangzhou has a total area of 7434 square kilometers, and the built-up area is 1249.338+0 1 square kilometer.

Guangzhou is located in the south of China, south-central Guangdong Province, and the northern edge of the Pearl River Delta. It is the confluence of Xijiang River, Beijiang River and Dongjiang River, bordering the South China Sea in China, Boluo and Longmen County in the east, Sanshui, Nanhai and Shunde in the west, Qingyuan, Fogang and Xinfeng County in the north, Dongguan and Zhongshan in the south, and facing Hong Kong and Macao across the sea. It is one of the starting points of the Maritime Silk Road and the "South Gate" of China.

2. Shanghai

Shanghai, referred to as "Shanghai" for short, is the provincial administrative region of People's Republic of China (PRC) (China). Shanghai is the birthplace of China, a national historical and cultural city, one of the municipalities directly under the Central Government of China, and the economic, financial, trade, shipping and scientific and technological innovation center of China.

Shanghai is located in the east of China, bounded by east longitude12052 ′-12212 ′ and north latitude 30 40 ′-3153 ′, at the mouth of the Yangtze River, facing Kyushu Island in the east and Hangzhou Bay in the south, north and south.

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The historical evolution of Shanghai and Guangzhou;

1, the historical evolution of Guangzhou:

Guangzhou in the Tang Dynasty was called Guangzhou Dudufu, which was the seat of Lingnan Taoism and Dudufu. 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).

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. South to Henan Island and Fangcun, east to Chebei and north to Baihuichang, covering an area of 248 square kilometers. 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.

2. The historical evolution of Shanghai:

In the tenth year of Tang Tianbao (75 1), the magistrate of Wu County approved the establishment of Huating County, and only then did Shanghai have a relatively independent administrative division. Huating County governs the area south of the old Wusong River and west of Chuansha-Huinan-Datuan Line in Shanghai.

From the Yuan Dynasty to the fourteenth year of the Yuan Dynasty (1277), Huating County was promoted to the government, and the next year it was renamed Songjiang House, which was still under Huating County. In the 29th year of Zhiyuan (1292), Shanghai County was established, which was under the jurisdiction of Songjiang Prefecture.

After liberation (1May 27, 949), the Shanghai Municipal People's Government was established. 1 949 65438+1October1,People's Republic of China (PRC) was established. Shanghai is still a municipality directly under the central government. Shanghai is divided into 20 urban areas and 10 suburbs.

In 20 16, Chongming County, the only county under Shanghai's jurisdiction, was zoned and transformed into Chongming District, which marked that Shanghai bid farewell to the counties under its jurisdiction, and the whole city has now formed a new situation of 16 municipal districts.

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