Guangzhou is the capital city and the political, economic, scientific and technological, educational and cultural center of Guangdong Province. It's the largest coastal city in the south of China.
Guangzhou is located at longitude 113°17' east, and latitude 23°8' north, in the south of China's mainland, in the mid-south of Guangdong Province and the north of the Pearl River Delta. Guangzhou borders on the South China Sea and is adjacent to Hong Kong and Macao.

Guangzhou is a hilly area. The topography is higher in the northeast and lower in the southwest. Its eastern and northeastern parts are mountainous areas, the center part has hills and bench terraces, and in the south is the Pearl River Delta-- an alluvial plain, which flows through the city