What is Dongguan?
Q: What is Dongguan?
A: Dongguan is a city in Guangdong province, China. It is located in the Pearl River delta and borders Guangzhou to the north, Huizhou to the northeast, Shenzhen to the south, and the Pearl River to the west.
Q: How has Dongguan developed over time?
A: Dongguan only became a city in 1985 but since then it has developed from a farming area into a large production centre.
Q: What is the population of Dongguan?
A: At the end of 2012 there were 8.29 million people living in Dongguan.
Q: Where is Dongguan located geographically?
A: The city centre of Dongguan is 50 kilometres (31 miles) from Guangzhou to its north and 90 kilometres (56 mi) from Shenzhen to its south. It lies just south of the Tropic of Cancer and 87 kilometres from Hong Kong and 89 kilometres from Macau by water transport.
Q: What type of climate does Dongguan have?
A: Dongguan has a wet subtropical climate with an average temperature of 23.3 °C (73.9 °F) over the year with average rainfall of 2,042.6 millimetres (80.42 in).
Q: What are some notable features about this city?
A: Notable features about this city include that it ranks behind only Shenzhen, Shanghai and Suzhou in exports among Chinese cities with $65.54 billion in shipments, as well as being home to one of world's largest shopping malls - New South China Mall - and having evidence that people lived there 5,000 years ago
