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Zhuhai was first recognized as a county in 1953 and then as a prefecture-level city in 1979.
It has direct jurisdiction over Doumen District, Jinwan District and Xiangzhou District (central urban area of Zhuhai city).
Zhuhai borders the Macau Special Administrative Region (north and west), and 140 km southwest of Guangzhou. Its territory counts 146 islands and a coastline of 690 km.
It was one of the first Special Economic Zones (SEZ) set up in the 1980s.
The GDP per capita was ¥66551 (ca. US$8040) in 2003, ranked no. 3 among 659 Chinese cities.
Zhuhai's international accolades include "the Best Model of International Residential Environment Improvement" awarded by the United Nations.
The New Yuan Ming Palace is a park of 1.39 sq. km, including a 80,000 sq. m lake. It features a partial reconstruction of the Old Summer Palace in Beijing, destroyed in 1860 by French and British troops during the second Opium WarThe Second Opium War or Arrow War began in 1856 and ended in 1860. Background The 1850s saw the rapid growth of capitalism. Some shared goals of the capitalist powers were to expand their overseas markets and establish new colonies. France and the USA dem, and never rebuilt on its original site.
As part of the Pearl River Delta integration, a Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau BridgeThe Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge is a giant bridge that will connect the west side of Hong Kong with Macau and the neighbouring city of Zhuhai, situated on the west side of the Pearl River Delta, and part of mainland China's southern industrial powerhous is projected.
Zhuhai has two international seaports: Jiuzhou and Gaolan .
Chu Kong Passenger Transport operates a ferryA ferry is a boat or a ship carrying passengers, and possibly their vehicles, on a relatively short-distance, regularly-scheduled service. Ferries form an important part of the public transport systems of many waterside cities, allowing direct transit bet service between Zhuhai (Jiuzhou) and Hong Kong.See also: Shenzhen