Guangzhou Huadu District is a first-tier city, because Guangzhou Huadu District belongs to a district under the jurisdiction of Guangzhou, which is a first-tier city, so its subordinate districts should also belong to the first-tier city area. Huadu District, which belongs to Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, is located at the north gate of Guangzhou, and is the main traffic artery between the north and the south. It is known as the &”;barrier of the provincial capital, the throat of the north and south Guangdong&”; and the north gate and the back garden of Guangzhou. Huadu District is located at 23 14 ′ 57 ″-23 37 ′ 18 ″ north latitude and 112 57 ′ 07 ″-113 28 ′ 10 ″ east longitude, with Conghua in the east, Sanshui and Nanhai in Foshan in the west, Baiyun District in the south and Qingyuan City in the north. Huadu (formerly Huaxian County) was named &”;Huaxian County&”; because its county is close to Huashan Mountain. It belongs to guangzhou fu, and was set up as a district on May 21, 2000.