Administrative divisions

Guangzhou is a sub-provincial city. It has direct jurisdiction over ten districts (区 qu) and two county-level cities (市 shi) :

	Subdivision		Population	Land area
			as of 2006	km²
	Guangzhou City Proper
	■ Yuexiu-qu	越秀区	1,151,481	32.82
	■ Liwan-qu	荔湾区	705,262	62.40
	■ Haizhu-qu	海珠区	890,512	90.4
	■ Tianhe-qu	天河区	645,453	141
	Guangzhou Suburban and Rural
	■ Baiyun-qu	白云区	767,688	825
	■ Huangpu-qu	黄埔区	193,641	122
	■ Huadu-qu	花都区	636,706	961
	■ Panyu-qu	番禺区	947,607	661.88
	■ Nansha-qu	南沙区	147,579	544.12
	■ Luogang-qu	萝岗区	167,360	389.06
	■ Zengcheng-shi	增城市	810,554	1,741.4
	■ Conghua-shi	从化市	543,377	1,974.5

As of April 28, 2005, the districts of Dongshan and Fangcun have been abolished and merged into Yuexiu and Liwan respectively; at the same time the district of Nansha was established out of parts of Panyu, and the district of Luogang was established out of parts of Baiyun, Tianhe, and Zengcheng, plus a part of Huangpu, making an exclave next to Huangpu.