Administrative Divisions
| Historical population | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1953 | 1,598,900 | — |
| 1964 | 3,031,486 | +89.6% |
| 1982 | 5,630,733 | +85.7% |
| 1990 | 6,299,943 | +11.9% |
| 1995 | 8,117,100 | +28.8% |
| 2000 | 9,942,022 | +22.5% |
| 2002 | 10,106,229 | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 12,700,800 | +25.7% |
| Population size may be affected by changes on administrative divisions. | ||
Guangzhou is a sub-provincial city. It has direct jurisdiction over ten districts (区 qu) and two county-level cities (市 shi) :
| Map | # | Name | Hanzi | Hanyu Pinyin | Population (2010 census) |
Area (km2) |
Density (/km2) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central districts | 7,727,163 | 1,166.37 | 6,625 | ||||
| 1 | Yuexiu District | 越秀区 | Yuèxiù Qū | 1,157,277 | 33.80 | 34,239 | |
| 2 | Liwan District | 荔湾区 | Lìwān Qū | 898,204 | 59.10 | 15,198 | |
| 3 | Haizhu District | 海珠区 | Hǎizhū Qū | 1,558,663 | 90.40 | 17,242 | |
| 4 | Tianhe District | 天河区 | Tiānhé Qū | 1,432,431 | 96.33 | 14,870 | |
| 5 | Baiyun District | 白云区 | Báiyún Qū | 2,222,658 | 795.79 | 2,793 | |
| 6 | Huangpu District | 黄埔区 | Huángpù Qū | 457,930 | 90.95 | 5,035 | |
| New districts | 3,343,491 | 2,677.06 | 1,249 | ||||
| 7 | Panyu District | 番禺区 | Pānyú Qū | 1,764,869 | 786.15 | 2,245 | |
| 8 | Huadu District | 花都区 | Huādū Qū | 945,053 | 970.04 | 974 | |
| 9 | Nansha District | 南沙区 | Nánshā Qū | 259,899 | 527.65 | 493 | |
| 10 | Luogang District | 萝岗区 | Luógāng Qū | 373,670 | 393.22 | 950 | |
| County-level cities | 1,630,146 | 3,590.97 | 454 | ||||
| 11 | Zengcheng | 增城市 | Zēngchéng Shì | 1,036,731 | 1,616.47 | 641 | |
| 12 | Conghua | 从化市 | Cónghuà Shì | 593,415 | 1,974.50 | 301 | |
| Total | 12,700,800 | 7,434.40 | 1,708 | ||||
As of April 28, 2005, the districts of Dongshan and Fangcun have been abolished and merged into Yuexiu and Liwan respectively; at the same time the district of Nansha was established out of parts of Panyu, and the district of Luogang was established out of parts of Baiyun, Tianhe, and Zengcheng, plus a part of Huangpu, making an exclave next to Huangpu.
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