Gaoyao District

Gaoyao 高要区
District
Location of Gaoyao (red) within Zhaoqing City and Guangdong province
Gaoyao Location of the city centre in Guangdong
Coordinates: 23°02′N 112°27′E / 23.033°N 112.450°E / 23.033; 112.450Coordinates: 23°02′N 112°27′E / 23.033°N 112.450°E / 23.033; 112.450
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Guangdong
Prefecture-level city	Zhaoqing
Time zone	China Standard (UTC+8)

Gaoyao District
Chinese	高要
Postal	Koyiu
Literal meaning	Lingyang Gorge
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Gāoyào Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Gou1-jiu3

Gaoyao, formerly romanized as Koyiu, is an urban district of Zhaoqing in western Guangdong, China. Population: 706,000.

Name

Gaoyao—literally "high-&-wanting"—is a former name of the Lingyang Gorge on the Xi River. It was originally the name of the surrounding land but came to be used for the area's seat of government. Gaoyao is the pinyin romanization of the Chinese name, based on its Mandarin pronunciation; the former Chinese Postal Map spelling was based on the local Cantonese pronunciation of the same name. Gaoyao has also sometimes been romanized as Kaou Yaou.^[1]

Geography

Gaoyao is located on the southern bank of the Xi River, opposite central Zhaoqing. Both are about 100 kilometers (62 mi) away from Guangzhou, the provincial capital.

History

Gaoyao was a county of the Qin and Han and its eponymous county seat was the principal settlement of the area. Under the Sui, the administration relocated across the river to Duanzhou, which was renamed Zhaoqing under the Song. Gaoyao continued as a separate county in Zhaoqing Commandery.^[1] It was promoted to a county-level city in 1993 and later to urban district status.

Tourism

Places of interest include the Red Mansion and Gaoyao Xuegong Pavilion. There are also 3 pagodas that can be seen in Gaoyao.

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Administration

Gaoyao has jurisdiction over one subdistrict and several towns:

Miscellaneous

• Gaoyao is closely connected with the Duanzhou District of Zhaoqing City, geographically as well as culturally. The two urban districts are connected by two road bridges and a railway bridge.
• Gaoyao is also a known hometown for many Overseas Chinese and has a large diaspora in Sydney, Australia.^[2]

References

Citations

Bibliography

• Bolton, Kingsley; et al. (1941), Triad Societies, Vol. 5, Abingdon: Routledge , reprinted 2000.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gaoyao.

• http://www.gaoyao.gov.cn (in Chinese)