Does Yunfu belong to western Guangdong or northern Guangdong?

Yunfu belongs to northern Guangdong.

In terms of geographical location, because Yunfu City is located in the central and western part of Guangdong Province, in most cases, Yunfu City is classified as the western Guangdong region; in recent years, Guangdong Province has classified Yunfu City according to its economic situation. The city is classified as Northern Guangdong.

Yunfu City is located in the central and western part of Guangdong Province, south of the middle reaches of the Xijiang River, bordering Zhaoqing, Foshan, Jiangmen, Yangjiang, Maoming, and Wuzhou, Guangxi. It is 177 nautical miles away from Hong Kong by water and 60 nautical miles upstream from Wuzhou. Yunfu is located in the Pearl River-Xijiang Economic Belt, connected to the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area to the east, to the Beibu Gulf urban agglomeration to the west, and 120 kilometers away from the core area of ??Guangzhou.

In the pre-Qin period from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period to the Qin and Han Dynasties, the current territory of Yunfu City was Baiyue Land. During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the city had successively established three-level organizational systems: state, county and county. At the beginning of the Republic of China, 4 counties were affiliated to Yuehai Road. It has been affiliated to Xijiang Prefecture since March 1951, and has been affiliated to Central Guangdong Administrative Region since December. In April 1961, it was affiliated to Zhaoqing area. In April 1994, prefecture-level Yunfu City was established.

The geographical environment of Yunfu City

The terrain of Yunfu City is high in the southwest and low in the northeast. The main rivers in the city, Luoding River (also known as Nanjiang) and Xinxing River, both flow in a roughly southwest-northeast direction. The west, southwest, southeast and neighboring districts and cities are all bounded by mountains, but the north is bounded by the Xijiang River.

Hills are the main landform in Yunfu City, and they mostly develop along the edges of mountains. The high hills are 250 to 450 meters above sea level, and the low hills are 100 to 250 meters above sea level. The slopes of low hills are gentle, mostly 15 to 20 degrees. Of the total area, mountainous areas account for 60.5% and hilly areas account for 30.7%.

Yunfu City has a subtropical monsoon climate, with slightly more rain and low temperatures in spring; abundant rain and high temperatures in summer; significantly more rain and high temperatures in autumn; less rain and high temperatures in winter. It is a warm winter. The average temperature in Yunfu City is 23.1℃.

The above content refers to Baidu Encyclopedia-Yunfu City