Yunfu

Yunfu 云浮
Prefecture-level city
Chinese transcription(s)
• Simplified	云浮
• Traditional	雲浮
• Pinyin	Yúnfú
Country	China
Province	Guangdong
County-level divisions	5
City seat	Yuncheng District
Government
Area
• Total	7,813.4 km2 (3,016.8 sq mi)
Population
• Total	2,612,800
• Density	330/km2 (870/sq mi)
Time zone	China Standard
Area code	766
License Plate	粤W
Major Nationalities	Han

Yunfu (simplified Chinese: 云浮; traditional Chinese: 雲浮; pinyin: Yúnfú; Cantonese: Wan⁴fau⁴), historically known as Wanfow, 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.

Climate

Yunfu is considered sub-tropical and enjoys fine weather 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 dry in spring, hot and rainy in the summer, cool in autumn, and dry and sunny in winter.

Administration

The prefecture-level city of Yunfu administers 5 county-level divisions, including 1 district, 1 county-level city and 3 counties.

Map
#	Name	Hanzi	Hanyu Pinyin	Population (2003 est.)	Area (km²)	Density (/km²)
1	Yuncheng District	云城区	Yúnchéng Qū	280,000	762	367
2	Luoding City	罗定市	Luódìng Shì	1,090,000	2,300	474
3	Yun'an County	云安县	Yún'ān Xiàn	310,000	1,231	252
4	Xinxing County	新兴县	Xīnxīng Xiàn	450,000	1,520	296
5	Yunan County	郁南县	Yùnán Xiàn	480,000	1,966	244

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

• Government website of Yunfu (in Simplified Chinese)