Zhuhai (, ;

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: ''Jyūhói''),

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Chuhai is a

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located on the west bank of

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on the central coast of southern Guangdong province,

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, on the southeastern edge of Pearl River Delta. Its name literally means "pearl sea", which originates from the city's location at the mouth of the Pearl River meeting the

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. Zhuhai borders

Jiangmen Jiangmen (), alternately romanized in Cantonese as Kongmoon, is a prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province in southern China. As of the 2020 census, its three urban districts, plus Heshan City being conurbated, with 2,657,662 inhabitants a ...

to the west,

Zhongshan Zhongshan (; ) is a prefecture-level city in the south of the Pearl River Delta in Guangdong province, China. As of the 2020 census, the whole city with 4,418,060 inhabitants is now part of the Guangzhou–Shenzhen conurbation with 65,565,622 ...

to the north and

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to the southeast, and shares

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with

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and

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to the northeast across the estuary. Zhuhai was one of the original four

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established in 1980, as well as one of China's premier tourist destinations, being called the

Chinese Riviera The term Chinese Riviera is used for several premier tourist destinations in China: * Coastal areas in the city of Zhuhai, Guangdong Province. * The south-eastern coast of Hainan, from Haitang Bay in Sanya Sanya (; also spelled Samah) is the ...

. While the city is located in the traditionally

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-speaking province of Guangdong, a significant portion of the population is now made up of

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-speaking economic migrants originally from inland provinces. The core of Zhuhai, Xiangzhou District along with

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, in the northeastern portion of the administrative division, are part of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area, the biggest built-up area in the world with more than 65,565,622 inhabitants as of the 2020 census, encompassing Shenzhen, Dongguan, Foshan, Zhongshan, Macau, the main part of Guangzhou, and small parts of Jiangmen and Huizhou cities but with

not quite conurbated yet. According to a report released in 2014 by the

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, Zhuhai is the most livable city in China.. Zhuhai is classified as a Medium-Port Metropolis .

Geography

Zhuhai borders the

Special Administrative Region (north and west), and is southwest of

Guangzhou Guangzhou (, ; ; or ; ), also known as Canton () and alternatively romanized as Kwongchow or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of Guangdong province in southern China. Located on the Pearl River about north-northwest of Hong Kon ...

. Its territory has of coastline and 217 islands, of which 147 are over 500 square metres in area. The islands within the prefecture-level city of Zhuhai include a number of near-shore islands, often connected to the mainland by bridges or causeways (such as

Hengqin Hengqin (, pt, Ilha da Montanha) is an island in Zhuhai, a prefecture-level city and special economic zone in Guangdong Province of the People's Republic of China. It has a population of about 3,000. Parts of Hengqin were leased to Macau by th ...

Qi'ao Qi'ao Island () is an island of Zhuhai, Guangdong province, China. Introduction Qi'ao Island is located in the northeast Xiangzhou District of Zhuhai, 13 km away from it. Totally, it covers an area of 23.8 square kilometers. There are about ...

, or Yeli Islands), as well as some islands in the open

(the

Wanshan Archipelago Wanshan may refer to: * Wanshan Archipelago, in Guangdong, China * Wanshan District, in Guizhou, China * Wanshan Special Vehicle, a manufacturer of trucks in China. {{disambig

External links

Official government website
(available in Chinese and English)

(available in English, Japanese, Portuguese and Spanish)
Massive explosion at hotel in Zuhai, Guangdong, China 🇨🇳 September 11 2020 珠海爆炸旅馆
{{Authority control Prefecture-level divisions of Guangdong