Yunfu

Yunfu 云浮市
Prefecture-level city
Yunfu in 2013. Bridge over Nanshan river.
Location of Yunfu in Guangdong
Yunfu Location in China
Coordinates: 22°56′0″N 112°2′0″E / 22.93333°N 112.03333°E
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Guangdong
County-level divisions	5
Township divisions	112
foundcity dates	155 BC
forbidden	10
discooperation	rrw
ee	11
City seat	Yuncheng District
Government
Area
• Total	7,813.4 km^2 (3,016.8 sq mi)
Elevation	133 m (436 ft)
Population (2010 census)
• Total	587,781
• Density	75/km^2 (190/sq mi)
Time zone	China Standard
Area code(s)	766
License Plate	粤W
Major Nationalities	Han
Website	Official website

Yunfu
"Yunfu", as written in Chinese calligraphy
Simplified Chinese	云浮
Traditional Chinese	雲浮
Cantonese Yale	Wàhnfàuh
Cantonese Jyutping	Wan4 fau4
Hanyu Pinyin	Yúnfú
Postal	Wanfow
Literal meaning	Cloud Drift
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Yúnfú Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Wàhnfàuh Jyutping Wan4 fau4

Yunfu, formerly romanized 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
Yuncheng Yun'an Xinxing County Yunan County Luoding (city)
Name	Simplified Chinese	Hanyu Pinyin	Population (2010 census)	Area (km^2)	Density (/km^2)
Yuncheng District	云城区	Yúnchéng Qū	280,000	762	367
Yun'an District	云安区	Yún'ān Qū	310,000	1,231	252
Xinxing County	新兴县	Xīnxīng Xiàn	450,000	1,520	296
Yunan County	郁南县	Yùnán Xiàn	480,000	1,966	244
Luoding	罗定市	Luódìng Shì	1,090,000	2,300	474

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 km² (3,003 sq mi), 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)