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Panyu District, Guangzhou City is located in the south-central part of Guangdong Province, in the geographical center of Guangzhou, Hong Kong and Macao. It is adjacent to Haizhu District of Guangzhou City in the north, Shiziyang in the east, opposite to Dongguan City, Nanhai District of Foshan City, Shunde District and Zhongshan City in the west, adjacent to the Pearl River Estuary in the south and bordering Nansha District, with a superior geographical position. With a total area of 529.94 square kilometers, it governs 6 towns, 10 streets, 177 administrative villages and 84 community neighborhood committees, with a registered population of 806,000 and a foreign registered population of1130,000.
Panyu was founded in the thirty-third year of Qin Shihuang (2 14 BC), with a history of more than 2,200 years. Agriculture is quite distinctive, and industry and commerce are developed. It is a trading port of past dynasties, a famous "land of plenty", and one of the birthplaces of Lingnan culture and Guangdong music. Cultural education is prosperous, and it is known as the "hometown of culture". In 20 14, Panyu District ranked 9th among the top 100 districts in China. ?
In modern times, a large number of outstanding scholars and celebrities have emerged in Panyu, such as "people musicians" Xian Xinghai, Gao, Chen, famous poets, calligraphers, painters, Li Tianma, Mai, Zhou, outstanding architects, entropy, geologist He Jie and educator Xu Chongqing.