Why is Yunfu, which is obviously located in western Guangdong, classified as a city in northern Guangdong?

Yunfu is obviously located in western Guangdong, but you say it is a city in northern Guangdong, without any geographical knowledge! From a regional perspective, Guangdong is mainly divided into four major regions: the Pearl River Delta, eastern Guangdong, northern Guangdong and western Guangdong. So does Yunfu belong to western Guangdong or northern Guangdong?

Yunfu is one of the 21 prefecture-level cities under the jurisdiction of Guangdong, with a total area of ??7786.64 square kilometers and a population of 2.5452 million. It governs 2 districts, 2 counties and 1 city. It is an economic entity with a small population in Guangdong. Small prefecture-level cities.

From a geographical point of view, Yunfu is located in the central and western part of Guangdong, south of the middle reaches of the Xijiang River, and borders Zhaoqing City, Foshan City, Jiangmen City, Yangjiang City, Maoming City and Wuzhou, Guangxi respectively. Therefore, from a geographical point of view, it is understandable that Yunfu belongs to western Guangdong.

Yunfu has an excellent ecological environment, with a forest coverage rate of 67.15%. It is a key ecological functional area in Guangdong and is restricted from development. This is completely consistent with the positioning of Shaoguan and other northern Guangdong cities as the backyard garden of the Pearl River Delta in northern Guangdong.

The positioning of western Guangdong is to develop in coordination with the Pearl River Delta. If Yunfu is included in western Guangdong, it will be contrary to its ecological positioning. Therefore, when Guangdong was in the overall layout and planning, Yunfu was classified as northern Guangdong.

When the concept of "Pearl River Delta" was first proposed in 1994, Yunfu had just separated from Zhaoqing. It had a small economic size and insufficient political voice. Moreover, Yunfu was surrounded by mountains and had a small plain area. Development is difficult and development space is limited.

So, when the construction of the Pearl River Delta Economic Zone was proposed, Yunfu was not included in it. These various reasons also caused that in the new version of the standard regional map of Guangdong Province, Yunfu was listed as a city in northern Guangdong. ? Rather than the reason for western Guangdong.

Yunfu’s awkward positioning and geographical location make it neither recognized by northern Guangdong nor integrated into western Guangdong. In the past 20 years, Yunfu not only has not experienced the rapid changes of other sister cities, but its economy has also fallen to the bottom, and its presence in Guangdong has become increasingly low.

However, in recent years, Yunfu has seized ecological opportunities and vigorously developed tourism. It has a large number of tourist attractions such as the hometown of the Sixth Pan ancestor, Jinshuitai Hot Spring, Tianlu Mountain, Panlong Cave, and Dayunwu Mountain. Among them, Xinxing County has been awarded the title of China's most charming cultural tourism county and China's most beautiful rural leisure tourist resort. It is a key eco-tourism destination in Guangdong!