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Dongguan, Guangdong Province, ChinaSource: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dongguan_Central_Square.jpg
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Dongguan (东莞) is a prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province, in southern China. It is located just 47 kilometers from Hong Kong, 48 kilometers from Macau, 50 kilometers from Guangzhou and 90 kilometers from Shenzhen. It is one of the fastest growing cities in China. As of end 2008, the Dongguan metropolitan area has a population of close to 7 million people, many of which are immigrants from other parts of China.
An important industrial city on the Pearl River Delta, Dongguan is the fourth biggest exporting city in China, with an annual shipment of $65 billion, behind only Shenzhen, Shanghai and Suzhou.
The area where Dongguan is located has seen human habitation going back 5,000 years. During more recent history, Dongguan is remembered as the site for the incineration of opium.
Today Dongguan is best known as the location city for South China Mall, presently the biggest shopping mall in the world.
Beijing-Hong Kong-Macau Expressway passing through Dongguan
Author: 1dgppl
Dongguan (东莞) is a prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province, in southern China. It is located just 47 kilometers from Hong Kong, 48 kilometers from Macau, 50 kilometers from Guangzhou and 90 kilometers from Shenzhen. It is one of the fastest growing cities in China. As of end 2008, the Dongguan metropolitan area has a population of close to 7 million people, many of which are immigrants from other parts of China.
An important industrial city on the Pearl River Delta, Dongguan is the fourth biggest exporting city in China, with an annual shipment of $65 billion, behind only Shenzhen, Shanghai and Suzhou.
The area where Dongguan is located has seen human habitation going back 5,000 years. During more recent history, Dongguan is remembered as the site for the incineration of opium.
Today Dongguan is best known as the location city for South China Mall, presently the biggest shopping mall in the world.
Beijing-Hong Kong-Macau Expressway passing through DongguanSource: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:China_Expressway_G4_-03.jpg
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Nanshe Village in Dongguan
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Planning your trip to Dongguan
Dongguan is about an hour from the New Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport. You can catch a bus from the airport to Dongguan.Exploring Dongguan
Taxi is the most practical form of transport. Use only licensed Dongguan taxis to avoid being scammed.Nanshe Village in DongguanSource: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dongguan_Nanshe_2013.12.01_11-11-11.jpg
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Dear visitor, thank you so much for reading this page. My name is Timothy Tye and my hobby is to find out about places, write about them and share the information with you on this website. I have been writing this site since 5 January 2003. Originally (from 2003 until 2009, the site was called AsiaExplorers. I changed the name to Penang Travel Tips in 2009, even though I describe more than just Penang but everywhere I go (I often need to tell people that "Penang Travel Tips" is not just information about Penang, but information written in Penang), especially places in Malaysia and Singapore, and in all the years since 2003, I have described over 20,000 places.
While I try my best to provide you information as accurate as I can get it to be, I do apologize for any errors and for outdated information which I am unaware. Nevertheless, I hope that what I have described here will be useful to you.
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Places of Interest in Dongguan
- South China Mall
The world's biggest shopping mall, as of April 2010. - Humen Bridge
A large suspension bridge over the Pearl River estuary that is a tourist attraction in its own right. - Opium War Museum
Museum that documents the incineration of opium and the ensuing Opium War. - Humen Naval Battle Museum
Museum chronicling the naval battles during the Opium War. - Keyuan Garden
One of the most famous garden in Guangdong Province, created during the Qing Dynasty. - Jin'aozhou Pagoda
A magnificent pagoda in Dongguan. - Yinxian Resort
Home of the hermit Li Juesi that is today a heritage-themed amusement park.
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Dear visitor, thank you so much for reading this page. My name is Timothy Tye and my hobby is to find out about places, write about them and share the information with you on this website. I have been writing this site since 5 January 2003. Originally (from 2003 until 2009, the site was called AsiaExplorers. I changed the name to Penang Travel Tips in 2009, even though I describe more than just Penang but everywhere I go (I often need to tell people that "Penang Travel Tips" is not just information about Penang, but information written in Penang), especially places in Malaysia and Singapore, and in all the years since 2003, I have described over 20,000 places.
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