Dongguan is a famous historical and cultural city in Guangdong. Founded in the Three Kingdoms period more than 1700 years ago, the county seat is an important birthplace of Lingnan civilization, the opening place of China's modern history and the forerunner of reform and opening up. Yuan Chonghuan, a national hero, Jiang Guangnai, Deng Bai, a famous anti-Japanese, and Chen Jingkai, a weightlifting champion, are all from Dongguan, and the famous Lingnan painting school also originated from Dongguan Keyuan. Dongguan was established by the county in 1985, and was upgraded to a prefecture-level city in 1988. Now it has jurisdiction over 28 towns, 4 sub-district offices, 386 village committees and 205 neighborhood committees. The total area of the city is 2465 square kilometers. By the end of 2008, the resident population was 6,949,800, including local registered population1748,700 and foreign resident population of 5,206,438+01000. By 2009, there were nearly 300,000 overseas Chinese and more than 850,000 compatriots from Hong Kong and Macao, making it a famous hometown of overseas Chinese. Dongguan has a long history. History: In the Neolithic Age, there were primitive people living together along the Dongjiang River. In the Xia Dynasty of the 20th century, Dongguan belonged to the southern region. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Dongguan was a "land of hundreds of leaps and bounds". In 2 14 BC, Qin Shihuang unified China, and Dongguan belonged to Panyu County, Nanhai County. When Emperor Shundi was in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Zengcheng was established in Panyu and Zengcheng was established in Dongguan. In 222-228, it was assigned to Lidongguan County, Zengcheng. During the Jin Dynasty, Dongguan belonged to Panyu and Zengcheng. In the sixth year of Xianhe in the Eastern Jin Dynasty (AD 33 1 year), Li County, Dongguan, was originally named Baoan. In the second year of Zhide (757), it was renamed Dongguan, and the county seat was located in Yong (now Guancheng). Starting with Dongguan as the county name, it is said that it is named after the rich aquatic plants (ten thousand grasses) in the territory. Dongguan has a glorious revolutionary tradition. /kloc-More than 0/60 years ago, Lin Zexu destroyed opium in Humen, Dongguan, and wrote a glorious chapter in the modern history of China. During the Anti-Japanese War, Dongguan was one of the anti-Japanese bases of Dongjiang Column. During the Republic of China, he was transferred to Guangdong Province, including Yuehai Road, Yue Zhong Administrative Region, First Administrative Region and Fourth Administrative Region. 194910 June 17, the whole territory of Dongguan was liberated. It was originally under the jurisdiction of Dongjiang Administrative Region. In March, 1950, Dongguan County was transferred to the Pearl River Special Zone. 1952, the Pearl River Special Zone was abolished and Dongguan County was placed under the Central Administrative Region of Guangdong. 1February, 956, Guangdong Central Administrative Region and Dongguan Lihuiyang Special Zone were revoked. 1958165438+10, Dongguan County was temporarily transferred to Guangzhou. 1959 1 month, Huiyang area was abolished, and Dongguan County was transferred to Foshan area. 1June, 963, Huiyang area was restored, and Dongguan County was placed under Huiyang area. 1September, 1985, the State Council approved the revocation of Dongguan County and the establishment of Dongguan City (county level), which is still under the jurisdiction of Huiyang District. 1988 65438+1On October 7th, the State Council approved Dongguan to be upgraded to a municipality directly under the central government of Guangdong Province.