Pearl River Delta
珠江三角洲 Delta do Rio das Pérolas | |
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Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macau Greater Bay Area | |
![]() 2014 satellite view of the Pearl River Delta from the NASA Earth Observatory | |
![]() Detailed map of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area | |
Provinces | Guangdong Hong Kong Macau |
Major Cities | Guangzhou Shenzhen Zhuhai Foshan Dongguan Zhongshan Jiangmen Huizhou Zhaoqing Hong Kong Macau |
Government | |
• Governor of Guangdong | Wang Weizhong |
• Chief Executive of Hong Kong | John Lee |
• Chief Executive of Macau | Ho Iat Seng |
Area | |
• Total | 55,800 km2 (21,500 sq mi) |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 86,100,000 |
• Density | 1,500/km2 (4,000/sq mi) |
Languages | |
• | Cantonese and other varieties of Yue Chinese, Mandarin Chinese, English, Portuguese, Macanese Patois, and numerous other languages |
GDP | |
• Total | CN¥ 13.0 trillion US$ 1.9 trillion (nominal) |
• Per capita | CN¥ 150,600 US$ 22,400 (nominal) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (CST, HKT, MST) |
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Chinese name | |||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 珠江三角洲 | ||||||||||||||||
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Chinese abbreviation | |||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 珠三角 | ||||||||||||||||
Literal meaning | Zhu (Pearl River) Delta | ||||||||||||||||
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Second alternative Chinese name | |||||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 粤江平原 | ||||||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 粵江平原 | ||||||||||||||||
Literal meaning | Yue (Guangdong) river plain | ||||||||||||||||
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Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macau Greater Bay Area | |||||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 粤港澳大湾区 | ||||||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 粵港澳大灣區 | ||||||||||||||||
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Portuguese name | |||||||||||||||||
Portuguese | Delta do Rio das Pérolas |
The Pearl River Delta Metropolitan Region[a] is the low-lying area surrounding the Pearl River estuary, where the Pearl River flows into the South China Sea. Referred to as the Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area in official documents, the region is one of the most densely populated and urbanized regions in the world, and is considered a megacity by numerous scholars.[2] It is currently the wealthiest region in Southern China and one of the wealthiest regions in China along with the Yangtze River Delta in Eastern China and Jingjinji in Northern China. Most of the region is part of the Pearl River Delta Economic Zone, which is a special economic zone of China.
The region is a megalopolis, and is at the southern end of a larger megalopolis running along the southern coast of China, which include metropolises such as Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Macao. The nine largest cities of the PRD had a combined population of 86 million in 2022, the PRD has become the largest urban area in the world in both size and population.[3] The region's traditional language is Cantonese; in the late 20th century and the 21st century, due to the high inflow of migrant workers coming from other regions, Mandarin has gradually become a lingua franca.
The west side of this region, along with Chaoshan, was also the source of much Chinese emigration from the 19th to the mid 20th centuries, including to the Western world, where they formed many Chinatowns. Today, much of the Chinese diaspora in the US, Canada, Australia, Latin America, and much of Southeast Asia traces their ancestry to the west side of this region.
City | Area km2 | Population (2020) | GDP (LCU)[1] | GDP (US$) |
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Shenzhen | 1,986 | 17,560,000 | CN¥ 3,239 billion | US$ 482.0 billion |
Guangzhou | 7,434 | 18,676,605 | CN¥ 2,884 billion | US$ 429.0 billion |
Hong Kong | 1,114 | 7,413,070 | HK$ 2,873 billion | US$ 368.4 billion |
Foshan | 3,848 | 9,498,863 | CN¥ 1,270 billion | US$ 189.0 billion |
Dongguan | 2,465 | 10,466,625 | CN¥ 1,120 billion | US$ 167.0 billion |
Huizhou | 10,922 | 6,042,852 | CN¥ 540 billion | US$ 78.6 billion |
Zhuhai | 1,724 | 2,439,585 | CN¥ 405 billion | US$ 61.4 billion |
Jiangmen | 9,535 | 4,798,090 | CN¥ 321 billion | US$ 46.4 billion |
Zhongshan | 1,784 | 4,418,060 | CN¥ 316 billion | US$ 45.7 billion |
Zhaoqing | 14,891 | 4,113,594 | CN¥ 232 billion | US$ 35.3 billion |
Macau | 115 | 672,800 | MOP$ 188 billion | US$ 23.4 billion |
Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macau Greater Bay Area |
55,818 | 86,100,000 | CN¥ 12.967 trillion | US$ 1.925 trillion |
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