Zhaoqing is located in the central and western regions of Guangdong Province, in the middle and lower reaches of Xijiang River, bordering Foshan and Jiangmen in the east and southeast, Yunfu in the southwest, Wuzhou and Hezhou in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in the west and northwest, and Qingyuan in the north and northeast. Zhaoqing is one of the birthplaces of ancient Lingnan local culture. Archaeological findings show that there were human activities in Zhaoqing about 6.5438+0.4 million years ago. About/kloc-0.0 million years ago, the transition to the Neolithic age began here. About 5000 years ago, Zhaoqing ancestors had hoeing, animal husbandry, textile and advanced pottery-making technology.

Sihui County, established in Zhaoqing in the thirty-third year of Qin Shihuang (2 14 BC), is one of the earliest four counties established in Guangdong Province. In the sixth year of Ding Yuan in the Western Han Dynasty (BC 165438+ BC 0 1), Gaoyao County was established. In the ninth year of Sui Dynasty (AD 589), Duanzhou was established. In the year of Song San (1 100), Duanzhou was changed to Xingqing Army, and in the first year of Zhonghe (118), it was renamed Zhaoqing House, meaning "to start auspicious celebrations". 1988 1 Establish prefecture-level cities. Enjoy local legislative power.

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Zhaoqing is high in the northwest, low in the east and south, and inclined from northwest to southeast. It is dominated by middle and low hills, with few plains, forming a mountainous landform with alternate forms such as mountains, basins, hills and alluvial plains. Mountain hills are mainly distributed in Huaiji in the north, Guangning in the northeast and Fengkai and Deqing counties in the west. The valley plain is distributed in Sihui, Gaoyao, Dinghu and Duanzhou in the southeast. The total land area of the city is14,900 square kilometers, with low and middle hills accounting for about 8 1% of the total land area, and plains and rivers accounting for 19% of the total land area.

Zhaoqing has a subtropical monsoon climate. The annual average temperature is 265,438 0.2℃, the average temperature in 10 is about 65,438 0.2℃, and the average temperature in July is about 28.7℃. Frost can be seen in winter in the northern mountainous area of Huaiji County. The average annual rainfall is about 1650 mm, mainly from April to September; Annual evaporation exceeds1300mm. The frost-free period is 3 10 ~ 345 days. It is rainy in early spring, affected by typhoon in summer and autumn, and attacked by cold dew wind in late autumn.

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