Zhaoqing Travel Guide

The city of Zhaoqing lies about 85 kilometers, as the crow flies, almost due west of the capital city of Guangzhou, along the banks of the Xi ("West") River. The city spans some 15,000 square kilometers (1,500,000 hectares, or 3,706,580 acres), and is situated at the western extremity of a ring of mountains that form an abbreviated horseshoe just north of the delta area in which the city of Guangzhou lies. Below this abbreviated horseshoe lies the justly famous (famous for its aqua- and agriculture) Pearl River Delta. The Pearl River (aka Zhu River) itself is a short river that empties into the Pearl River Estuary, being formed by the confluences of the Dong River (which flows in from the east, dong meaning "east"), Bei River (which flows in from the north via a valley that cuts through the mountains,... [ View Details ]