Yunfu

Yunfu is a prefecture-level city in western Guangdong province in southern China. It borders Zhaoqing, Foshan, Jiangmen, Yangjiang and Maoming in Guangdong and, to the west, the Guangxi region. The city covers about 7,787 square kilometres, and the municipal government reported a population of about 2.38 million in a 2021 publication. The Xi River runs through the territory and roughly two thirds of the land is forested. The climate is sub-tropical, with mild temperatures, plentiful rainfall and an annual average of about 22 degrees Celsius. The area was part of Han and later dynastic administrative units for many centuries. Under the name Dong'an it was a county seat from 1578 to 1913, Yunfu County was formed in 1914, and Yunfu was promoted to a prefecture-level city on 5 April 1994. In 2014 Yun'an was upgraded from a county to a district.