Zhaoqing

Zhaoqing, previously romanized as Shiuhing, is a prefecture-stage metropolis in Guangdong Province, China. During the 2010 census, its population was 3,918,467, with 1,232,462 living in the urbanized regions of Duanzhou and Gaoyao. The prefectural seat— with the exception of Seven Star Crags—is reasonably flat, however thickly forested mountains lie simply out of doors its limits. Numerous rice paddies and aquaculture ponds are determined at the outskirts of the city. Sihui and the southern districts of the prefecture are considered part of the Pearl River Delta. Formerly one of the most essential towns in southern China, Zhaoqing misplaced importance at some stage in the Qing and is now in general recognized for tourism and as a provincial "university metropolis".

Residents from Guangzhou, Shenzhen, and the other towns of the Pearl River Delta visit it for weekend tours. It is likewise a developing manufacturing middle. Gaoyao become placed on the south financial institution of the Xi River, named for its district's predominant function: the river's Lingyang Gorge. In the past due 6th and early 7th centuries, the management became relocated to Duanzhou on the other financial institution of the river, which have become an critical administrative and military center of the southern Sui Empire. When the Portuguese arrived within the 16th century, Zhaoqing became nonetheless an critical center, serving as the seat of the Viceroy of Liangguang .