Zhuhai is located in the south of Guangdong
Province, on the west bank of Pearl River. It meets the South China Sea, faces
Shenzhen and Hong Kong on the east across sea and borders Macau
on the south. It is 140 kilometers away from Guangzhou on the north. It covers a
total area of 7,640 square kilometers, among which 1,640 square kilometers are
land. There are great varieties of landform such as hills, plains, lakes and
sea. It has a long coastline of 731 kilometers. It has altogether 146 islands in
the South China Sea with a total area of 236.9 square kilometers. It is thus
known as “the city of hundred islands”.
