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云浮市位于广东省中西部，市区距广州160公里，三茂铁路、西江水路、公路324线国道均从市区经过，是沟通西南各省连接珠江三角洲的重要通道。
云浮历史悠久，明朝万历五年(公元1577年)建置东安县，1914年改为云浮县，1992年9月撤县设市。1994年4月5日，经国务院批准，设立地级云浮市。现管辖云城区、新兴县、郁南县、云安县、代管罗定市。全市总面积为7779.1平方公里。2000年末全市总人口256万人。
云浮市资源丰富。全市已探明的矿产有50多种。花岗岩、大理石、石灰石、石英、高岭土等储量大、品质好，在全省乃至全国都占有重要位置。云浮硫铁矿储量、品位均居世界首位。郁南县硅线石储量居全国第二。云浮市又是粤西重要的农林产区，盛产粮食、木材、松脂、玉桂、水果、蚕茧、竹笋、南药和禽畜等。
云浮市旅游资源得天独厚、国恩寺、蟠龙洞、龙山温泉等远近闻名。位于新兴县龙山的国恩寺是省级文物保护单位。山下的龙山温泉含有多种对人体有益的稀有元素，在全省众多温泉中是独一无二的。蟠龙洞是省级风景名胜区，洞内"宝石花"为中国仅有，世界罕见。罗定市为省级历史文化名城，有被誉为岭南瑰宝的唐代摩崖石刻"龙龛道场铭"，以及文塔和聚龙洞等。由龙山温泉、龙山国恩寺、蟠龙洞、蟠龙天湖和龙龛岩等构成的"龙之旅"正成为旅游热线。
云浮市水路、公路、铁路交通非常便利。三茂铁路贯穿云城区、新兴县、连接三茂线的罗定市地方铁路已建成通车。境内324线国道之一、二级水泥路贯通云城、云安、罗定三县（市、区），2005年，广梧高速公路云城河口-肇庆马安段将建成通车。全市现有云浮、都城、南江口、都骑四个港口，其中云浮港货物年吞吐量为400万吨，为全省内河第二大港，有直达香港货运航班。云浮海关和罗定海关已开关运作。全市通讯现代化，建成了全市电话网络，移动电话、微波和光纤通讯、图文传真等通讯设施一应俱全。
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Yunfu Municipality is located in the central-west Guangdong
Province, China. The city proper of Yunfu is 160 km from Guangzhou,
the provincial Capital. The Sanshui-Maoming Railway, the West
River and the National Highway 324 running through make Yunfu
a passage linking the Pearl River Delta to the southwest provinces.
Yunfu has a long history. The Dong'an County was established
in 1577, the 5th year of the Wanli Reign of the Ming Dynasty,
and changed its name into Yunfu in 1914. Yunfu became a county-level
city in September 1992 and a municipality, or a prefecture-level
city, on April 5, 1994 by the ratification of the State Council.
Covering a total area of 7779.1 sq.km and a population of 2.56
million (by the end of 2000), the present Yunfu enjoys a jurisdiction
over five county-level divisions, namely, Yuncheng District,
Xinxing County, Yu'nan County, Yun'an County and Luoding City.
Yunfu is rich in natural resources. There are over 50 minerals,
including granite, marble, limestone, quartz, kaolin clay
of rich proven deposits and supper quality and in important
positions not only in Guangdong but also in China. The Yunfu
Pyrite Mine is the biggest one in the world in terms of deposits
and sulphur content. The sillimanite mine in Yu'nan County
has the second biggest deposits in the Country. Yunfu is also
an important production base for agriculture and forestry
products such as grain, timber, rosin, cassia bark, fruits,
silk worm, bamboo shoots, CTM medicine materials, poultry
and livestock, etc.
Yunfu boasts unique tourist resources blessed by nature.
The Guo'en Temple on the Dragon Hill in Xinxing County is
a historical and cultural site under the provincial protection.
The Dragon Hill Hot Spring is the only one of the kind in
Guangdong, with the rare elements beneficial to health. The
Coiling Dragon Cave is a national park of Guangdong, featuring
the "precious Stone Flowers" rare in the world and
the only in China. Luoding is a famous historical and cultural
city of Guangdong, with major sites such as the Literary Pagoda,
the Dragon Gathering Cave, and the Dragon Shrine Crag with
the Tang Dynasty stone inscriptions. Together with the Coiling
Dragon Lake, the above dragon sites have formed a Route of
Dragon Tour for more and more sightseers.
Yunfu is convenient for transportation by water, rail and
highway. The Sanshui-Maoming Railway runs through Yuncheng
ahd Xinxing and is connected with the local railway in Luoding,
while the Natonal Highway 324 links up Yuncheng, Yun'an and
Luoding. By 2005, the expressway from Guangzhou via Zhaoqing
will extend to Yunfu. There are four ports, namely, Yunfu,
Ducheng, Nanjiangkou and Duqi. The Yunfu Port at Liudu Town
is Guangdong's second biggest inland river port with an annual
traffic of 4 million tons and cargo transport service directly
to Hong Kong. The Yunfu and Luoding Custom Houses are in operation.
Modern communication service is available with updated facilities
like SPC telephones, cell phones, microwave and optical fiber
transmission and facsimiles.
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