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Wikipedia: Guangzhou, in English and other European languages also known as Canton (which was first romanized from the Cantonese pronunciation of Guangdong by the Portuguese) and also known as Kwangchow, is a sub-provincial city and the capital of Guangdong Province in the southern part of the People's Republic of China. It is a port on the Pearl River, navigable to the South China Sea, and is located about 120 km northwest of Hong Kong. As of the 2000 census, the city has a population of 6 million, and an urban area population of roughly 11.85 million, making it the most populous city in the province and the third most populous metropolitan area in China.
![[Combat at Guangzhou during the Second Opium War]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Second_Opium_War_guangzhou_s.jpg "Combat at Guangzhou during the Second Opium War")
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![[Plan of Canton (published 1910)]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Plan_of_Canton_s.jpg "Plan of Canton (published 1910)")
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![[Tianhe Sports Center Station of Guangzhou BRT]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/GBRT_Tianhe_Sports_Center_s.jpg "Tianhe Sports Center Station of Guangzhou BRT")
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![[Canton "Thirteen Factories", c]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Hongs_at_Canton_s.jpg "Canton \"Thirteen Factories\", c")
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![[The main gate of Sun Yat-sen University]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/20031124194142_s.jpg "The main gate of Sun Yat-sen University")
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![[1919 street scene]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Canton_street_scene_2C_1919_s.jpg "1919 street scene")
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![[Huanghuagang Mausoleum of 72 Martyrs]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Huanghuagang_Mausoleum_of_72_Martyrs_2_s.jpg "Huanghuagang Mausoleum of 72 Martyrs")
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![[A CRH3 Train at Guangzhou South Railway Station]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Guangzhou_South_Railway_Station_Platform_CRH3_EMU_2_s.jpg "A CRH3 Train at Guangzhou South Railway Station")
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![[Guangdong Olympic Stadium]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Stade_Olympique_Guangdong_2_s.jpg "Guangdong Olympic Stadium")
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![[One of the new buses]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Guangzhou_bus_s.jpg "One of the new buses")
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![[Site of the first National Congress of Kuomintang (Chinese Nationalist Party)]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/1st_National_Congress_of_Kuomintang_of_China_2_s.jpg "Site of the first National Congress of Kuomintang (Chinese Nationalist Party)")
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