Qingyuan, a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Guangdong Province and a city in Guangzhou metropolitan area, was inhabited by ancestors as early as the Neolithic Age and created a splendid prehistoric civilization. According to the data of the seventh census, as of 0: 00 on June 165438+ 10 on October 65438, the permanent population of Qingyuan City was 3,969,473.

Qingyuan City is located in the north-central part of Guangdong Province, the middle and lower reaches of Beijiang River, the south side of Nanling Mountains and the Pearl River Delta. The whole territory is located at latitude 23? 26′56″~25? 1 1 ′ 40 ″, 1 1 1? 55′ 17″~ 1 13? 55' 34 ",Guangzhou and Foshan in the south, Hunan and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in the north, Shaoguan in the east and northeast, and Zhaoqing in the west and southwest.

The north-south distance is 190km, the east-west distance is about 230km, and the boundary line exceeds 1200km. The total land area of Qingyuan City is 1.9 million square kilometers, accounting for 1.6% of the total land area of the whole province. It is the largest prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province, and Qingyuan City is the main settlement of ethnic minorities in Guangdong Province.

Qingyuan is an important part of the regional plate of Guangfu culture. Qingyuan and Guangfu cultural circle have deep historical, geographical and ethnic relations, and Guangfu culture is the mainstream of Qingyuan culture.

Qingyuan is close to Guangzhou, located in the middle and lower reaches of the Beijiang River on the northern edge of the Pearl River Delta, and in the north-central part of Guangdong Province. Guangzhou helps Qingyuan and cooperates in the construction of Guangzhou (Qingyuan) Industrial Park, which is the "strategic engine" for the two cities to complement each other and accelerate their development, and is an important embodiment of the integration of Guangzhou and Qingyuan.