图片名称：广州市人民政府The People’s Government of Guangzhou

　　广州是广东省省会，广东省政治、经济、科技、教育和文化中心，也是华南区域性中心城市。广州位于中国大陆南方，广东省的中南部，珠江三角洲的北端，濒临南海，毗邻香港和澳门，中国第三大河流珠江穿城而过，地理位置十分优越，素有中国“南大门”之称。
　　广州市陆地总面积7434.4平方公里，建成区面积超过350平方公里。2000年6月，番禺、花都2个县级市搬市设区后，广州城区面积进一步扩大，目前，广州已经成为中国南方最大的海滨城市。
　　Guangzhou, also Canton, Kuang-chou, or Kwangchow, city, southern China, capital of Guangdong Province. It is a busy port and a commercial and industrial center on the Zhu Jiang (Pearl River). Manufactures include processed food (especially sugar), textiles, steel, paper, cement, fertilizer, chemicals, motor vehicles, and machinery. The city, which is served by an outer deepwater port at Whampoa (Huangpu), is linked by rail with Hong Kong and Beijing. About 15 percent of China's foreign trade is conducted here, and the city is the site of a twice-yearly major international trade fair (established 1957). A leading educational center of China, Guangzhou is the site of Zhongshan (Chung-shan or Sun Yat-sen) University (1924), a school of medicine, a technical university, and an agricultural institute. Landmarks in the city include Sha-mien (Shameen) Island, where foreign traders formerly lived; a Ming dynasty (1368-1644) temple, now the Peasant Movement Institute; a pagoda in the Temple of the Six Banyan Trees; a 14th-century watchtower (now Guangzhou Museum) in Yue Xiu (Yue Hsiu) park; the blue-roofed Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall; and a mosque said to be the oldest in China.

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