Which province does Guangdong refer to?

1. As the abbreviation of Guangdong, the original meaning of "Guangdong" refers to Baiyue in South China. In ancient literature, "Yue" and "Yue" are interchangeable and can be used at will. After the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the meaning of the word "Guangdong" narrowed, generally referring to Lingnan area, or "South Guangdong".

II. The administrative divisions of Guangdong Province are as follows:

Three. Brief introduction of Guangdong province:

Guangdong, whose name evolved from Lingnan East Road and Guangnan East Road, is called "Guangdong" for short. Guangzhou, the provincial capital, is a coastal province at the southern tip of Chinese mainland. 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 cities (including 2 sub-provincial cities) and 9 county-level administrative regions (60 municipal districts, 20 county-level cities, 36 counties and 3 autonomous counties).

Guangdong is an important inheritance place of Lingnan culture, which has a unique style in language, customs, living habits, history and culture. Cantonese, Hakka dialect and Min dialect are popular, and the centers of Guangdong and Hakka dialect are in Guangdong. . Guangdong is also the most populous province in China at present? .