How many prefecture-level cities are there in Guangdong Province?

There are 2 1 prefecture-level cities in Guangdong province, which are divided into four regions: Pearl River Delta, East Guangdong, West Guangdong and North Guangdong.

Among them, the Pearl River Delta: Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Foshan, Dongguan, Zhongshan, Zhuhai, Jiangmen, Zhaoqing and Huizhou; Eastern Guangdong: Shantou, Chaozhou, Jieyang and Shanwei; Western Guangdong: Zhanjiang, Maoming and Yangjiang; Northern Guangdong: Shaoguan, Qingyuan, Yunfu, Meizhou and Heyuan.

Extended data:

Among the cities under the jurisdiction of Guangdong Province, Guangzhou is a national central city, Shenzhen is a city under separate state planning, Shenzhen, Zhuhai and Shantou are special economic zones, and Guangzhou and Zhanjiang are the first batch of coastal open cities in China. It is divided into 12 1 county administrative regions, including 62 municipal districts, 20 county-level cities, 36 counties and 3 autonomous counties.

Among them, Shunde District of Foshan City was piloted by Guangdong Province as a county directly under the jurisdiction of the province, and the financial system of Shunde District directly under the jurisdiction of the county was implemented. Shunde District enjoys the administrative law enforcement authority of prefecture-level cities, which will be directly assessed by Guangdong Province and scored separately. 20 county-level cities are legally directly administered by the province, but in fact they are temporarily managed by prefecture-level cities.

References:

Baidu encyclopedia _ Guangdong