Shaoguan

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Shaoguan

Total population

2,826,612

Elevation65 m

WeatherAvg high 78.7°F

Coordinates24.81°, 113.59°

Demographic figures from National Bureau of Statistics of China. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Shaoguan is a prefecture-level city in northern Guangdong Province (Yuebei), South China, bordering Hunan to the northwest and Jiangxi to the northeast. It is home to the mummified remains of the sixth Zen Buddhist patriarch Huineng. Its built-up area made up of Zhenjiang, Wujiang and Qujiang urban districts was home to 1,028,460 inhabitants as of the 2020 census.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

10-year averages from ERA5 reanalysis (Open-Meteo).

Notable people from here

Zhang Anda

Chinese snooker player

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Zhang Yin

Chinese billionaire

C

Chen Lin

Chinese general and admiral

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Li Zhong-Sheng

Chinese painter (1912-1984)

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Hou Xiaolan

Chinese field hockey player

Pan Sutong

Chinese businessman

Liang Yuhao

Chinese association football player

Zeng Yanfen

Chinese actress and singer

Zhang Songwen

Chinese actor

C

Chen Xing

J

Jackson He

Chinese-born American football player

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Lexkon Liu

Chinese visual and musical artist

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Shaoguan

Search results from Open Library.