Rank	Area	Resident Population	Jurisdiction area
1	Guangzhou	18.978 M	7436km²
2	Shenzhen	17.9895 M	1997km²
3	Dongguan	10.4853 M	2512 km²
4	Foshan	9615.4 K	3875 km²
5	Zhanjiang	7120.8 K	11692km²
6	Maoming	6252.3 K	11345 km²
7	Huizhou	6073.4 K	11159 km²
8	Jieyang	5653.6 K	5269 km²
9	Shantou	5575.5 K	2123km²
10	Jiangmen	4822.6 K	9554km²
11	Zhongshan	4458.2 K	1770 km²
12	Zhaoqing	4133.8 K	15006km²
13	Qingyuan	3986.7 K	19265 km²
14	Meizhou	3841.6 K	15925km²
15	Shaoguan	2854.9 K	18398km²
16	Heyuan	2837 K	15644km²
17	Shanwei	2701.1 K	4957km²
18	Yangjiang	2624.7 K	8006 km²
19	Chaozhou	2577.4 K	3098km²
20	Zhuhai	2518.5 K	1725km²
21	Yunfu	2397.3 K	7778km²