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Shenzhen, China
🇨🇳 China

Shenzhen

Shenzhen is a prefecture-level city in Guangdong, China. A special economic zone, it is located on the east bank of the Pearl River estuary on the central coast of Guangdong, bordering Hong Kong to the south, Dongguan to the north, Huizhou to the northeast, and Macau to the southwest. With a population of 18.2 million in 2025, Shenzhen is the third-most-populous city by urban population in China after Shanghai and Beijing. The Port of Shenzhen is the world's fourth-busiest container port. Shenzhen has established itself as a premier global metropolis with GDP that surpassed Hong Kong and Singapore in recent years.

Country
🇨🇳 China
Elevation
11 m
Population
17,494,398
Time zone
Asia/Shanghai
Coordinates
22.55, 114.07

How far Shenzhen is from other cities in China

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