Guangdong

Guangdong ({{zh-stpw |t=廣東 |s=广东 |p=Guǎngdōng |w=Kuang-tung}}; Postal System Pinyin: Kwangtung or Canton Province, Jyutping: gwong2 dung1; Vietnamese: Qu?ng ?ông), is a province on the south coast of the People's Republic of China. Sometimes, "Canton Province" (based on an obsolete French-derived transliteration of "Guangdong") is used to mean Guangdong. This is as opposed to "Canton (City)", which refers to the city of Guangzhou, the provincial capital.

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Professional sports teams based in Guangdong include:

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• Chinese Basketball Association
• Guangdong Hongyuan Southern Tigers
• Chinese Football Association Jia League
• Guangzhou Rizhiquan
• Chinese Football Association Super League
• Shenzhen Jianlibao

Colleges and universities

• Foshan University (Guangzhou, Foshan)
• Jinan University (Guangzhou, Zhuhai, Shenzhen)
• Shantou University (Shantou)
• South China University of Technology (Guangzhou)
• Sun Yat-sen University (Guangzhou, Zhuhai)