Guadalupe, town, Cáceres provincia (province), in the Extremadura comunidad autónoma (autonomous community), southwestern Spain. It lies on the southeastern slopes of the Guadalupe Mountains near the Guadalupejo River east of Cáceres city. The town is famous for its monastery, which had its origins

fur seal: …except for a herd of Guadalupe fur seals (A. townsendi) on Guadalupe Island off the northwest coast of Baja California. Southern fur seals are gray to brown or black in colour with chestnut-coloured underfur. Length averages about 1.2–1.8 metres (4–6 feet), but the South African, or Cape, fur seal (A.…

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, (Feb. 2, 1848), treaty between the United States and Mexico that ended the Mexican War. It was signed at Villa de Guadalupe Hidalgo, which is a northern neighbourhood of Mexico City. The treaty drew the boundary between the United States and Mexico at the Rio Grande and

Basilica of Guadalupe: …center of Mexico, located in Villa de Guadalupe Hidalgo, a northern neighborhood of Mexico City. The church was erected near the spot where four apparitions of the Virgin Mary are said to have been received by an Indigenous convert named Juan Diego in December 1531, with the command that a…

cave: …surface expression; for example, the Guadalupe Mountains of New Mexico, the site of Carlsbad Caverns and various other caves, have very few surface karst features.

Guadalupe Mountains National Park, rugged mountain mass of uplifted marine fossil reef in the Chihuahuan Desert of western Texas, U.S., just southwest of Carlsbad Caverns National Park. The park, authorized in 1966 and established in 1972, has an area of 135 square miles (350 square km). The

Guadalupe Peak, highest point (8,749 feet [2,667 meters]) in Texas, U.S. The peak is situated in Culberson county, 100 miles (160 km) east of the city of El Paso. Guadalupe Peak is part of the Guadalupe Mountains (a division of the Sacramento Mountains), and together with its twin, El Capitan

New Braunfels: …city limits) flows into the Guadalupe River, 30 miles (50 km) northeast of San Antonio. The community was established in 1845 by a group of German immigrants led by Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels and sponsored by the Society for the Protection of German Immigrants in Texas (properly Mainzer Adelsverein, a…

Basilica of Guadalupe, Roman Catholic church that is the chief religious center of Mexico, located in Villa de Guadalupe Hidalgo, a northern neighborhood of Mexico City. The church was erected near the spot where four apparitions of the Virgin Mary are said to have been received by an Indigenous

Basilica of Guadalupe, Roman Catholic church that is the chief religious center of Mexico, located in Villa de Guadalupe Hidalgo, a northern neighborhood of Mexico City. The church was erected near the spot where four apparitions of the Virgin Mary are said to have been received by an Indigenous

Guadalupe: …the southeastern slopes of the Guadalupe Mountains near the Guadalupejo River east of Cáceres city. The town is famous for its monastery, which had its origins as a small hermitage built in the early 14th century on the spot where a shepherd had found an image of the Virgin. This…

Guadalupe: This shrine became known as Our Lady of Guadalupe and became a centre of pilgrimage. Alfonso XI of Castile visited the shrine in 1337, and in 1340 he founded a monastery there. In 1389 the Hieronymites (Hermit Order of St. Jerome) took over the monastery, and their first prior built…

Our Lady of Guadalupe, in Roman Catholicism, the Virgin Mary in her appearance before St. Juan Diego in four visions in 1531. The name also refers to the Marian apparition itself. Our Lady of Guadalupe holds a special place in the religious life of Mexico and is one of the most popular religious

Our Lady of Guadalupe, in Roman Catholicism, the Virgin Mary in her appearance before St. Juan Diego in four visions in 1531. The name also refers to the Marian apparition itself. Our Lady of Guadalupe holds a special place in the religious life of Mexico and is one of the most popular religious

Permian extinction: Marine invertebrates: …the middle part of the Guadalupian Epoch (about 272.3 million to 259.8 million years ago) as a benchmark, extinction within marine invertebrate faunas significantly reduced the number of different genera by 12 to 70 percent by the beginning of the Capitanian Age some 266 million years ago. The diversity levels…

Permian Period: Later work: the Wolfcampian, Leonardian, Guadalupian, and Ochoan—on the basis of the succession in West Texas and New Mexico.

Guadeloupe, overseas département and overseas region of France consisting of a group of islands in the Lesser Antilles chain in the eastern Caribbean Sea. The nearest neighbours of the principal islands are the British overseas territory of Montserrat to the northwest and the republic of Dominica

Guadeloupe, overseas département and overseas region of France consisting of a group of islands in the Lesser Antilles chain in the eastern Caribbean Sea. The nearest neighbours of the principal islands are the British overseas territory of Montserrat to the northwest and the republic of Dominica

Guadeloupe, overseas département and overseas region of France consisting of a group of islands in the Lesser Antilles chain in the eastern Caribbean Sea. The nearest neighbours of the principal islands are the British overseas territory of Montserrat to the northwest and the republic of Dominica

Canelones, city, southern Uruguay. It was founded at a nearby site in 1774 and moved to its present location in 1783. Canelones serves as an administrative centre and also functions as a commercial and manufacturing centre for the agricultural and pastoral hinterland, which yields grains, grapes,

H.H. Richardson: …the architect and École professor Julien Guadet, in his Éléments et théorie de l’architecture (1902).

Marguerite-Élie Guadet was a leader of the Girondin faction of moderate bourgeois revolutionaries during the French Revolution. At the time of the outbreak of the revolution (1789), Guadet was a leading lawyer in Bordeaux. In 1790 he became administrator of the Gironde département, and in 1791 he

Guadiana River, one of the longest streams of the Iberian Peninsula, flowing generally westward through south-central Spain and southeastern Portugal to the Gulf of Cádiz in the Atlantic Ocean. The river has a drainage area of 23,455 square miles (60,748 square km), a length of 483 miles (778 km),

Guadix, town, Granada provincia (province), in the comunidad autónoma (autonomous community) of Andalusia, southern Spain, northeast of Granada city. The town originated as the Acci of the Romans; its present name was corrupted from the Arabic Wādī-Ash (“River of Life”). Outstanding landmarks

Latin American dance: Cuba: …has three distinct forms: yambú, guaguancó, and columbia. Before the dance section of each form, a diana, or sung prelude, establishes the mood: romantic, erotic, or competitive. Yambú is a dance in which a single couple slowly and respectfully dances within a circle created by the conga drummers, singers, waiting…

Orinoco River: Indigenous peoples of the basin: …groups include the Guaica (Waica), also known as the Guaharibo, and the Maquiritare (Makiritare) of the southern uplands, the Warao (Warrau) of the delta region, the Guahibo and the Yaruro of the western Llanos, and the Yanomami. These peoples live in intimate relationship with the rivers of the basin,…

Guahibo and Chiricoa, two South American Indian groups inhabiting the savannas along the Orinoco River in eastern Colombia; some Guahibo also live east of the Orinoco in Venezuela. They speak closely related languages or dialects of Guahiboan and are otherwise culturally indistinguishable.

Guahibo and Chiricoa: …related languages or dialects of Guahiboan and are otherwise culturally indistinguishable.

lignum vitae: The resin, called guaiacum, is obtained from the wood by distillation; it is used to treat respiratory disorders.

lignum vitae: …family Zygophyllaceae (order Zygophyllales), particularly Guaiacum officinale, native to the New World tropics.

lignum vitae, (genus Guaiacum), any of several trees in the family Zygophyllaceae (order Zygophyllales), particularly Guaiacum officinale, native to the New World tropics. G. officinale occurs from the southern United States to northern South America. It grows about 9 metres (30 feet) tall and

Jacuí River: …Atlantic coast, it forms the Guaíba River, a shallow estuary emptying into the north end of the Patos Lagoon.

Orinoco River: Indigenous peoples of the basin: …groups include the Guaica (Waica), also known as the Guaharibo, and the Maquiritare (Makiritare) of the southern uplands, the Warao (Warrau) of the delta region, the Guahibo and the Yaruro of the western Llanos, and the Yanomami. These peoples live in intimate relationship with the rivers of the basin,…

Guaycuruan languages, group of Guaycurú-Charruan languages spoken in Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay. Of the Guaycuruan tribes, formerly inhabiting the Gran Chaco, the best known include the Abipón (Callaga), Caduveo (also called Mbayá and Guaycurú), Mocoví (Mocobí), Payaguá (Lengua), Pilagá, and

Juan Guaidó is a Venezuelan politician and leader of the National Assembly (2019–21) who declared himself the interim president of Venezuela on January 23, 2019, claiming that the constitution justified his action because the allegedly fraudulent 2018 election of Nicolás Maduro had left the country

Guainía, departamento, eastern Colombia, bounded by the Guaviare River to the north, Venezuela to the east, and Brazil to the south. It lies between the Amazon River basin to the south and the Llanos (plains) to the north and consists of savannas and tropical rainforest. Guainía was

Guainía River, in northwest South America, one of the headstreams of the Negro River (q.v.). It rises in the rain forest of eastern Colombia and flows east, then northeast and southeast, forming part of the Colombia-Venezuela border. After 400 miles (640 km), the Guainía joins the Casiquiare River

Guaíra Falls, former waterfalls on the Upper Paraná River at the Brazil-Paraguay border, just west of Guaíra, Brazil. Visited by Jesuit missionaries in the 16th century, the falls were supposedly named for a Guaraní Indian chief. The Portuguese name refers only to the seven (sete) principal

Guaíra Falls, former waterfalls on the Upper Paraná River at the Brazil-Paraguay border, just west of Guaíra, Brazil. Visited by Jesuit missionaries in the 16th century, the falls were supposedly named for a Guaraní Indian chief. The Portuguese name refers only to the seven (sete) principal

Caracas: City site: …draining the valley is the Guaire, once relatively large but now reduced in volume and highly polluted. Its principal affluent in the metropolitan area is the Río El Valle, and others include the Quebrada Baruta and Quebrada Anauco.

Cuba: Relief: …2,270 feet (692 metres) at Guajaibón Peak. Much of central-western Cuba is punctuated by spectacularly shaped, vegetation-clad hillocks called mogotes. Serpentine highlands distinguish northern and central La Habana and Matanzas provinces, as well as the central parts of Camagüey and Las Tunas.

Guajará-Mirim, city and river port, western Rondônia estado (state), western Brazil. It lies along the Mamoré River. Primarily a transportation centre of regional importance, Guajará-Mirim has handled traffic in such products as rubber, lumber, and babassu palm oil. The city has a small port for

Emiliano Zapata: Agrarian reforms: Jesús Guajardo pretend to want to join the agrarians and contrive a secret meeting with Zapata at the hacienda of Chinameca in Morelos. There Zapata was ambushed and shot to death by Carrancista soldiers. His body was carried to Cuautla and buried there.

La Guajira Peninsula, peninsula on the northwestern coast of South America. It is bounded by the Caribbean Sea to the north and west, the Gulf of Venezuela to the southeast, and the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta and Sierra de Perijá to the south. Much of the peninsula lies in northeastern Colombia;

La Guajira Peninsula, peninsula on the northwestern coast of South America. It is bounded by the Caribbean Sea to the north and west, the Gulf of Venezuela to the southeast, and the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta and Sierra de Perijá to the south. Much of the peninsula lies in northeastern Colombia;

Italy: The Investiture Controversy: In Florence, John Gualbert, one of the leaders of the monastic reform movement, opposed the city’s bishop, an admitted simoniac (i.e., a person guilty of using money to obtain clerical office). Yet the unrests were too varied to fit a simple explanation. The experience of Lucca, for…

Gualeguaychú, city, southeastern Entre Ríos provincia (province), northeastern Argentina. It is located on the Gualeguay River near the border with Uruguay. Cattle, poultry, and grains from the agricultural and pastoral hinterland are processed in the city. It is also a regional cultural centre,

Río de la Plata: Physiography of the Uruguay basin: …Entre Ríos and Corrientes), and Gualeguaychú. The important tributaries of the Uruguay, however, come from the east. The Ijuí, Ibicuí, and the Cuareim are short rivers but of considerable volume; the last forms part of the boundary between Brazil and Uruguay. At the mouth of the Cuareim, the Uruguay becomes…

Guam, island and unincorporated territory of the United States in the North Pacific Ocean, the largest, most populous, and southernmost of the Mariana Islands. It lies about 5,800 miles (9,300 km) west of San Francisco and 1,600 miles (2,600 km) east of Manila. Hagåtña (Agana) is the capital. Major

When they were attacking Guam from July 21 to August 10, 1944, U.S. forces were not only acquiring a fine harbor and a number of airfields to use during World War II (and beyond), but they were also liberating U.S. territory; ceded by Spain after the Spanish American War, Guam, the southernmost of

U.S. territorial flag consisting of a dark blue field (background) bordered in red and bearing at its centre a red-bordered ellipse containing a brown boat with a white sail on a dark blue sea, a light blue sky, a gray cliff in the background, and yellow sand in the foreground with a coconut palm

Guam: Government and society: The University of Guam, which opened in 1952, is a four-year institution that also provides graduate programs at the master’s degree level. Health conditions are relatively advanced. Facilities include public, private, and military hospitals and local clinics. Life expectancies for men and women are roughly comparable…

Felipe Guamán Poma de Ayala was an Inca nobleman who wrote and illustrated El primer nueva corónica y buen gobierno (1612–15; “The First New Chronicle and Good Government”), a critical account of Spanish rule in Peru. Guamán Poma was born into a noble Inca family shortly after the Spanish conquest

Crossosomatales: …(Guamatela) and one species (G. tuerckheimii), which is native to Central America. It is unusual for the order in many characteristics, including the absence of any endosperm and a well-developed hypanthium (cup-shaped structure that supports the sepals, petals, and stamens of the flower).

guan, double-reed Chinese wind instrument, having a cylindrical body with seven frontal finger holes and one thumb hole. The northern version is made of wood, and the southern of bamboo. The instrument’s range is about two and one-half octaves. The length of the guan varies from 7 to about 13

mandarin, in imperial China, a public official of any of nine grades or classes that were filled by individuals from the ranks of lesser officeholders who passed examinations in Chinese literary classics. The word comes through the Portuguese mandarim from Malay mantri, a counselor or minister of

Guang, a people of northern Ghana who speak a variety of Kwa languages of the Niger-Congo language family. They are descendants of a trading nation (usually called Gonja) founded in the 16th century, and they now constitute a chiefdom in the Northern region of Ghana, in the area above the

guan, any of several small birds of the curassow family. See

Zhao Mengfu: Zhao’s wife, Guan Daosheng, and his son, Zhao Yong (born 1289), were both painters of note.

Guandi, Chinese god of war whose immense popularity with the common people rests on the firm belief that his control over evil spirits is so great that even actors who play his part in dramas share his power over demons. Guandi is not only a natural favourite of soldiers but has been chosen patron

Guan Hanqing was a dramatist who was considered by many critics to be the greatest playwright of the Chinese classical theatre. Guan Hanqing, probably a scholar, belonged to a writers’ guild that specialized in writing plays for performing groups. Fourteen of his plays (from more than 60 with known

Guan kilns, Chinese kilns known for creating an imperial variety of stoneware during the Song dynasty (ad 960–1279). After the Song royal court moved to the south, Guan kilns produced ware from about 1127 at Hangzhou, Zhejiang province. One of the official kilns, Jiaotan, has been located by

Liupan Mountains: …southern section is called the Long Mountains (also called Guan Mountains, Longtou, or Longban).

Mo Yan is a Chinese novelist and short-story writer renowned for his imaginative and humanistic fiction, which became popular in the 1980s. Mo was awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature. Guan Moye attended a primary school in his hometown but dropped out in the fifth grade during the turmoil of

Guan kilns, Chinese kilns known for creating an imperial variety of stoneware during the Song dynasty (ad 960–1279). After the Song royal court moved to the south, Guan kilns produced ware from about 1127 at Hangzhou, Zhejiang province. One of the official kilns, Jiaotan, has been located by

Guandi, Chinese god of war whose immense popularity with the common people rests on the firm belief that his control over evil spirits is so great that even actors who play his part in dramas share his power over demons. Guandi is not only a natural favourite of soldiers but has been chosen patron

Mbayá: …on tribute extracted from the Guaná, groups of settled agriculturalists whom the Mbayá had conquered. The Guaná, successful farmers, weavers, and potters, provided the Mbayá with labour, agricultural produce, and manufactured goods; the Mbayá, in turn, protected the Guaná from other predatory Chaco tribes.

Guanabacoa, city, west-central Cuba. It is nestled among the hills outside central Havana, 3 miles (5 km) to the west, and constitutes a municipality within the province-level Ciudad de la Habana (City of Havana). Guanabacoa was founded by the Spanish at the site of an old Indian village; its

soursop, (Annona muricata), tree of the custard apple family (Annonaceae) and its large edible fruits. Native to the American tropics, the tree has been widely introduced in the Old World tropics. The fruit’s juicy, fibrous, white flesh, which combines the flavours of mango and pineapple, can be

Guanabara Bay, bay of the Atlantic Ocean, southeastern Brazil, with Rio de Janeiro on its southwest shore and Niterói on its southeast. Discovered around 1502, it was originally named Rio de Janeiro Bay. About 19 miles (31 km) long with a maximum width of 18 miles, it has a mile-wide entrance that

Costa Rica: Settlement patterns: The northwestern province of Guanacaste—where many people work on large cattle ranches, or haciendas, while also maintaining small agricultural plots of their own—was once a part of Nicaragua and still retains a variety of Nicaraguan cultural influences. In many ways, this is the least traditionally Costa Rican part of…

Cordillera de Guanacaste, range and a section of the Continental Divide in northwestern Costa Rica. It extends 70 miles (113 km) northwest–southeast and reaches a high point in the dormant Miravalles Volcano (6,627 feet [2,020 metres]). The Arenal Volcano erupted in 1968, covering the area with hot

guanaco, (Lama guanicoe), South American member of the camel family (Camelidae, order Artiodactyla) that is closely related to the vicuña (Vicugna vicugna), alpaca (V. pacos), and llama (Lama glama), which are known collectively as lamoids. The guanaco ranges from sea level to the snow line

guanaco: Guanaco fibre, introduced for textile use in the mid-1900s, is valued for its rarity and soft texture and is used for luxury fabrics; it is considered to be finer than alpaca but coarser than vicuña. The pelts, especially of the guanaquito, resemble those of the…

San Salvador Island, one of the islands of The Bahamas, in the West Indies. San Salvador is believed by many scholars to be the island of Guanahani, where Christopher Columbus made his first landing in the New World on October 12, 1492. Some scholars assert, however, that the island of Guanahani is

Cuba: Ethnic groups: The Guanahatabey and Ciboney peoples were among the original hunter-gatherer societies to inhabit Cuba by about 4000 bce, the former living in the extreme west of the island and the latter mainly on the cays to the south, with limited numbers in other places. The Taino…

Guanajuato, estado (state), central Mexico. It is bounded by the states of San Luis Potosí to the north and northeast, Querétaro to the east, Michoacán to the south, and Jalisco to the west. It lies on the Mesa Central at an average elevation of about 6,000 feet (1,800 metres). The city of

Guanajuato, city, capital of Guanajuato estado (state), central Mexico. Situated on the Mesa Central, it is spread over steep hillsides at the junction of three ravines at an average elevation of about 6,725 feet (2,050 meters) above sea level. Guanajuato was founded in 1554 and given city status

guanaco: …covering of the young, or guanaquito, constitutes about 10 to 20 percent of the fleece and belongs to the group of textile fibres called specialty hair fibres. Guanaco fibre, introduced for textile use in the mid-1900s, is valued for its rarity and soft texture and is used for luxury fabrics;…

Guanare, city, capital of Portuguesa estado (state), northwestern Venezuela. A centre of pilgrimage, Guanare contains the national shrine to Our Lady of Coromoto, the patron saint of Venezuela; for that reason, it is often referred to as Venezuela’s spiritual capital. The city, which was founded in

viral hemorrhagic fever: …fever, Brazilian hemorrhagic fever, and Venezuelan hemorrhagic fever.

Guanche and Canario, any of the aboriginal peoples inhabiting, respectively, the western and eastern groups of the Canary Islands when first encountered by the conquering Spaniards at the beginning of the 15th century. Both populations are thought to have been of Cro-Magnon origin and may possibly

Berber languages: …extinct languages such as the Guanche languages of the Canary Islands, Old Libyan (Numidian), and Old Mauretanian, which are known from inscriptions but have not yet been studied thoroughly enough to make any affirmative generalizations about their linguistic characteristics. Another possible member is the language called Iberian, after whose speakers…

guanciale, specialty bacon product that originated in central Italy. Guanciale is made from the single piece of meat that lies between the throat and the cheek, or jowl (Italian guancia), of the pig. As with many Italian cured meats, its history goes back many centuries, and curing methods today

Guandi, Chinese god of war whose immense popularity with the common people rests on the firm belief that his control over evil spirits is so great that even actors who play his part in dramas share his power over demons. Guandi is not only a natural favourite of soldiers but has been chosen patron

Shanxi: Relief: …highest peak in the west, Mount Guandi, reaches an elevation of 9,288 feet (2,831 metres), while the northern ranges are crowned by Mount Wutai at 10,033 feet (3,058 metres).

Manchuria, historical region of northeastern China. Strictly speaking, it consists of the modern provinces (sheng) of Liaoning (south), Jilin (central), and Heilongjiang (north). Often, however, the northeastern portion of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region also is included. Manchuria is bounded

Guang, a people of northern Ghana who speak a variety of Kwa languages of the Niger-Congo language family. They are descendants of a trading nation (usually called Gonja) founded in the 16th century, and they now constitute a chiefdom in the Northern region of Ghana, in the area above the

Guangdong, sheng (province) of South China. It is the southernmost of the mainland provinces and constitutes the region through which South China’s trade is primarily channeled. Guangdong has one of the longest coastlines of any province, fronting the South China Sea to the southeast and south

Huang Mountains: …but individual peaks exceed that; Mount Guangming is 6,040 feet (1,840 metres) high. A secondary range, somewhat lower in elevation, known as the Jiuhua Mountains, runs parallel to the main range to the north along the southern bank of the Yangtze River.

Agui was a Chinese general and government official during the middle years of the Qing dynasty in China. The scion of a noble family, Agui directed Chinese military expeditions that quelled uprisings in the western provinces of Sichuan and Gansu. He also conquered Ili and Chinese Turkistan, areas

Guangwudi was the Chinese emperor (reigned ad 25–57) who restored the Han dynasty after the usurpation of Wang Mang, a former Han minister who established the Xin dynasty (ad 9–25). The restored Han dynasty is sometimes referred to as the Dong (Eastern), or the Hou (Later), Han (ad 25–220). Liu

Guangxi, autonomous region located in southern China. It is bounded by the Chinese provinces of Yunnan to the west, Guizhou to the north, Hunan to the northeast, and Guangdong to the southeast; the Gulf of Tonkin (Beibu Gulf) and Vietnam border it to the south and southwest. Nanning, the capital,

Guangxi: Guangxi since c. 1900: …and Li Jishen) formed the Guangxi Clique in opposition to Chiang. The group did much to modernize Guangxi and maintained a defiant posture against the central government. Although Chiang crushed their revolt in 1929, he was unable to end the semi-independent status of the region. The Zhuang, on their part,…

Guangxi, autonomous region located in southern China. It is bounded by the Chinese provinces of Yunnan to the west, Guizhou to the north, Hunan to the northeast, and Guangdong to the southeast; the Gulf of Tonkin (Beibu Gulf) and Vietnam border it to the south and southwest. Nanning, the capital,

Guangxi: Transportation: The Guangxi-Guizhou railroad links Liuzhou with Guiyang (Guizhou province) and, along with the Liuzhou-Zhicheng line (opened 1978), has been an impetus to the development of northern Guangxi. A newer rail line, completed in 1997, connects Kunming (Yunnan province) with Nanning and with Beihai on the Gulf…

Kang Youwei was a Chinese scholar, a leader of the Reform Movement of 1898 and a key figure in the intellectual development of modern China. During the last years of the empire and the early years of the republic he sought to promote Confucianism as an antidote against “moral degeneration” and

Guangxu was the reign name (nianhao) of the ninth emperor (reigned 1874/75–1908) of the Qing dynasty (1644–1911/12), during whose reign the empress dowager Cixi (1835–1908) totally dominated the government and thereby prevented the young emperor from modernizing and reforming the deteriorating

Chinese languages: Qin dynasty standardization: The Guangyun dictionary of 1008 had 26,194 characters (representing 3,877 different syllables in pronunciation). The Kangxi zidian, a dictionary of 1716, contains 40,545 characters, of which, however, fewer than one-fourth were in actual use at the time. The number of absolutely necessary characters has probably never…

Guangzhou, city, capital of Guangdong sheng (province), southern China. Its city centre lies near the head of the Pearl River (Zhu Jiang) Delta, more than 90 miles (145 km) inland from the South China Sea. Because of its position at the meeting point of inland rivers and the sea, it has long been