Guangdong, referred to as Guangdong for short, is a provincial administrative region of People's Republic of China (PRC), with Guangzhou as the capital. Guangdong is named after the ancient place name "East of Guangxin". Located in the south of Nanling and on the coast of the South China Sea, it borders Hong Kong, Macao, Guangxi, Hunan, Jiangxi and Fujian, and faces Hainan across the sea. It has jurisdiction over 2 1 prefecture-level city, 65 municipal districts, 20 county-level cities, 34 counties and 3 autonomous counties. By 0: 00 on June165438+1October 65438 in 2020, the permanent population of Guangdong Province will be 1260 125 10.