| Yunfu 云浮 |
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| — Prefecture-level city — | |
| Chinese transcription(s) | |
| - Simplified | 云浮 |
| - Traditional | 雲浮 |
| - Pinyin | Yúnfú |
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| Country | China |
| Province | Guangdong |
| County-level divisions | 5 |
| Township divisions | |
| City seat | Yuncheng District |
| Area | |
| - Total | 7,813.4 km2 (3,016.8 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| - Total | 2,612,800 |
| - Density | 334.4/km2 (866.1/sq mi) |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC) |
| Area code(s) | 766 |
| GDP | |
| GDP per capita | |
| License Plate | 粤W |
Yunfu (simplified Chinese: 云浮; pinyin: Yúnfú) is a prefecture-level city in western Guangdong province, People's Republic of China. It borders Zhaoqing to the north, Foshan to the east, Jiangmen to the southwest, Yangjiang to the south, Maoming to the southwest, and the autonomous region of Guangxi to the west.
A five-hour drive from Zhuhai, the city is reputed to lack a number of basic facilities.
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Climate
Situated in the subtropical zone, Yunfu enjoys fine weathers all the year round, characterized by mild air temperatures, plentiful rainfall and sunshine, with an annual average temperature of 22°C, annual average rainfall of 1,670.5mm and annual average sunshine hours of 1,418. The time-space distribution of rainfall is uneven in a year. It is overcast and less rainfall in spring, hot, rainy and more thunderstorms in summer, cool in autumn, dry and more sunshine as well as less rainfall in winter.
Administration
The prefecture-level city of Yunfu administers 5 county-level divisions, including 1 district, 1 county-level city and 3 counties.
- Yuncheng District (云城区)
- Luoding City (罗定市)
- Xinxing County (新兴县)
- Yunan County (郁南县)
- Yun'an County (云安县)
Transportation
With 324 National Highway running through the whole prefecture, cement-paved roads are accessible to each single township and village. Guangzhou-Wuzhou Expressway linking Guangdong and Guangxi is also connected to Yunfu which will further be united with Yulin and Wuzhou in Guangxi as well as the expressway network in southwest China. Sanshui-Maoming Railway also passes the whole municipality, which will be eventually linked to Luoyang-Zhanjiang Railway in 2008. The Xijiang River has 100 kilometers of waterway, enabling direct cargo freight to Hong Kong.
Resources
Land Resources
Yunfu has a total land area of 7,779 sq km, including 1,868,200mu cultivated land, 1,353,700mu paddy field. In the total area, the mountainous area takes up 60.5%, the hilly area takes up 30.7%, making Yunfu a typital mountainous city. The city's total population is 2,600,900 people, of which the nonagricultural population is 887,000 people and the agricultural population 1,713,900 people, the per capita cultivated area is 0.718mu.
Mineral Resources
There are 52 discovered minerals, 23 with proved reserves are being mined, of which metallic minerals include: gold, silver, copper, iron, tin, lead, zinc and manganese; nonmetallic minerals include: sillimanite, dolomite, marble, granite, barite, talc, kaolin, limestone, clay, rammell, potassium feldspar, mineral water, subterranean heat and rare minerals, etc. By the end of 2002, there were totally 254 certified mines throughout the city.
External links
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- Government website of Yunfu (in Simplified Chinese)
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