Guangdong
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Guangdong
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Capital | Guangzhou |
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Language | Cantonese |
Currency | Chinese Yuan (Renminbi) (CNY) |
Time zone | UTC+8 |
Calling code | +86 (660 to 668) |
Guangdong (About this sound 广东; formerly romanised as Kwangtung or Canton Province) is a province in South China, on the South China Sea coast. Guangdong surpassed Henan and Shandong to become the most populous province in China in January 2005, registering 79.1 million permanent residents and 31 million migrants who lived in the province for at least six months of the year; the total population was 104,303,132 in the 2010 census, accounting for 7.79 percent of Mainland China's population.
Charts
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Weather
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Passages
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Islands
Communication
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Entrance
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Health & Security
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Ports, Anchorages, and Islands




- Chaozhou
- Shenzhen
Note: Those ports without pages, e.g. Chaozhou, are not open to foreign vessels at this time.
Transportation
- There are several large modern airports in the region: Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport is one of China's main international airports and serving an increasing number of long-haul intercontinental flights. The airports in Shenzhen and Shantou also serve a limited number of international flights to other Asian countries. Many other cities also have an airport, but these cater almost entirely for domestic Chinese flights. Alternatively, travellers can consider flying into Hong Kong or Macau and crossing the border by land
- Ferries (mostly fast hydrofoils) connecting Hong Kong and Macau with the neighboring Guangdong cities Shenzhen and Zhuhai
- The area is also well connected to the rest of China by road and rail
Cruisers' Friends
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Forums
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Links
References
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Comments
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- Compiled from research (pilot books, internet, etc.) November, 2018 --Istioploos
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