Guangzhou - Administrative Divisions

Administrative Divisions

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1953	1,598,900	—
1964	3,031,486	+89.6%
1982	5,630,733	+85.7%
1990	6,299,943	+11.9%
1995	8,117,100	+28.8%
2000	9,942,022	+22.5%
2002	10,106,229	+1.7%
2010	12,700,800	+25.7%
Population size may be affected by changes on administrative divisions.

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

#	Name	Hanzi	Hanyu Pinyin	Population (2010 census)	Area (km2)	Density (/km2)

Central districts				7,727,163	1,166.37	6,625
1	Yuexiu District	越秀区	Yuèxiù Qū	1,157,277	33.80	34,239
2	Liwan District	荔湾区	Lìwān Qū	898,204	59.10	15,198
3	Haizhu District	海珠区	Hǎizhū Qū	1,558,663	90.40	17,242
4	Tianhe District	天河区	Tiānhé Qū	1,432,431	96.33	14,870
5	Baiyun District	白云区	Báiyún Qū	2,222,658	795.79	2,793
6	Huangpu District	黄埔区	Huángpù Qū	457,930	90.95	5,035
New districts				3,343,491	2,677.06	1,249
7	Panyu District	番禺区	Pānyú Qū	1,764,869	786.15	2,245
8	Huadu District	花都区	Huādū Qū	945,053	970.04	974
9	Nansha District	南沙区	Nánshā Qū	259,899	527.65	493
10	Luogang District	萝岗区	Luógāng Qū	373,670	393.22	950
County-level cities				1,630,146	3,590.97	454
11	Zengcheng	增城市	Zēngchéng Shì	1,036,731	1,616.47	641
12	Conghua	从化市	Cónghuà Shì	593,415	1,974.50	301
Total				12,700,800	7,434.40	1,708

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.