Dongguan
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| City Seat | Dongcheng District (}; pinyin: ) is a prefecture-level city in central Guangdong province, People's Republic of China. An important industrial city located in the Pearl River Delta, Dongguan borders the provincial capital of Guangzhou to the north, Huizhou to the northeast, Shenzhen to the south, and Foshan to the west. It is also home to the world's largest shopping mall, South China Mall.
AdministrationThe prefecture-level city of Dongguan administers 3 county-level divisions, all of which are districts.
Geography and climate
 The urban center of Dongguan is 50 km away from that of Guangzhou to its north, 90 km away from Shenzhen to its south, 47 sea miles away from Hong Kong and 48 sea miles from Macao by waterway. Dongguan is a must-pass-by locality from Guangzhou to Hong Kong by road or waterway. DemographicsDongguan is also a known hometown for many overseas Chinese, the root for over 700,000 people in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macao and over 200,000 nationals living abroad. TransportTravel to Dongguan by bus or ferry. Ferry is the most convenient way to get there from Hong Kong, because it allows you to avoid queues at the busy border checkpoints between Hong Kong and mainland China. Humen Pearl River Bridge is a suspension bridge over the Pearl River. Completed in 1997 it has a main span of 888 m. See alsoExternal links
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