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Dongguan, referred to as "Dongguan" for short, is a prefecture-level city and megacity under the jurisdiction of Guangdong Province, and the central city on the east coast of the Pearl River Delta as determined by the State Council. By the end of 2022, Dongguan had 4 streets and 28 towns with a total area of 2,542.67 square kilometers. By the end of 2022, the resident population of Dongguan was1043700, including 9628654.38+000, and the urbanization rate was 92.25%.

Dongguan is located in the south of China, south-central Guangdong Province, east of the Pearl River Estuary, adjacent to Guangzhou in the northwest, Shenzhen in the south and Huizhou in the northeast. It belongs to subtropical monsoon climate, with no long summer and abundant rainfall.

Dongguan is one of the central cities of the Pearl River Delta, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, Shenzhen metropolitan area, the first of the "Four Little Tigers in Guangdong", known as the "world factory", an important transportation hub and foreign trade port in Guangdong, and one of the four prefecture-level cities without districts in China.

In 2 14 BC, Qin Shihuang merged with Lingnan, and Dongguan was subordinate to Panyu County, guangzhou fu. 1988 1 month, Dongguan was upgraded to a prefecture-level city directly under the jurisdiction of Guangdong Province. Dongguan is one of the birthplaces of Guangfu culture, one of the important birthplaces of Cantonese opera and the hometown of Cantonese opera in China.

Dongguan is the beginning of China's modern history and the forerunner of reform and opening up. It is listed as the first batch of national comprehensive pilot areas for new urbanization and a famous historical and cultural city in Guangdong. Dongguan is a famous hometown of overseas Chinese, and has successively won the titles of national forest city, international garden city, national civilized city and national basketball city.

In 2022, Dongguan achieved GDP11200.32 million yuan and per capita GDP 106803 yuan.

As of 202 1, there are 4 streets and 28 towns under the jurisdiction of Dongguan City, and the location of Dongguan Municipal Party Committee and Dongguan Municipal People's Government is No.99 Hongfu Road, Hesheng Community, Cheng Nan Street, Dongguan City. There are also three municipal functional zones (Dongguan Songshan Lake High-tech Industrial Development Zone, Dongguan marina bay New District and Dongguan Water Town Characteristic Development Economic Zone).