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Maoming City, also known as Southern Oil City, is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Guangdong Province. Located on the coast of the South China Sea in China, in the southwest of Guangdong Province, it is backed by the southwest of the motherland, with mountains facing the sea. The terrain is high in the north and low in the south, and it inclines from northeast to southwest. The total land area of the city's administrative area is 1 1427.63 square kilometers, with two municipal districts under its jurisdiction and three county-level cities under its custody. By the end of 2022, the resident population of Maoming City was 6,238,200.
In the 18th year of Emperor Kai of Sui Dynasty (598), Maoming County was named after Pan Maoming, and in the 18th year of Zhenguan of Emperor Taizong (644), Nandang Prefecture was named Panzhou after Pan Maoming. 1May, 958 12, Maoming Municipal Preparatory Office was established. 1959 On March 22nd, the State Council decided to establish Maoming City (county level).
1975, upgraded to a prefecture-level city. Maoming is the birthplace and spreading place of Gaoliang culture with a history of more than 2,000 years. The provincial intangible cultural heritage of Maoming is the legend of Pan Maoming, the belief of Xianfu, and the examples of Maoming. Gaoliang dishes are an important part of Cantonese food culture. From the Tang Dynasty to the Republic of China, Gaozhou has always been the political, economic, cultural and military center of western Guangdong.
Maoming is located at the intersection of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, Beibu Gulf Urban Agglomeration and Hainan Free Trade Zone. Maoming is an important petrochemical and energy base in China, a comprehensive hub city in western Guangdong and an important coastal port. Construct a new pattern of urban development with the east-west coastal development axis, the north-south central development axis and the two centers and four groups.
Maoming is an excellent tourist city in China with all-terrain characteristics. There are five characteristic tourism sectors: coastal holiday tour, Mrs. Xian cultural tour, Pan Maoming Kangyang tour, beautiful countryside amorous feelings tour and mountain sports leisure tour. Maoming is the birthplace of Theory of Three Represents, a top 100 city with comprehensive strength in China, a national garden city, a national forest city, an excellent tourist city in China and a famous moon cake city in China.
In 2022, the regional GDP of Maoming City was 390.463 billion yuan, an increase of 0.5% over the previous year.