Guangzhou has a humid, hot sub-tropical climate.The official estimate of the metropolitan area’s population at end 2006 by the Provincial Government was 9,754,6 Guangzhou’s urban land area is the third largest in China, ranking only after Beijing’s and Shanghai’s.Annual average temperature is 8 degrees.It is a port on the Pearl River, navigable to the South China Sea, and is located about 120 km (75 miles) northwest of Hong Kong.Autumn, from October to December, is very moderate, cool and windy, and is the best travel time.Guangzhou, Canton is the capital of Guangdong Province and a sub-provincial city in the southern part of the People’s Republic of China.
As of the 2000 census, the city has a population of 6 million, and a metropolitan population of roughly 5 million (though some estimates are as high as 6 million) making it the most populous city in the province and the third most populous metropolitan area in mainland China.There are many tourist attractions around the city which include: Chen Clan Academy, Guangdong Museum of Folk Handcraft, Shamian Island, Guangdong Provincial Museum, Museum of the Tomb of the King of Southern Yue in Western Han Dynasty, Temple of the Six Banyan Trees, Sacred Heart Cathedral, Huaisheng Mosque, Temple of Bright Filial Piety, Chime-Long Paradise, Chime-Long WaterPark, Museum of the Western Han Dynasty Mausoleum of the Nanyue King, Guangzhou Peasant Movement Institute.
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