The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07.
Shaoguan
(shou´gwän´) (KEY) or Kukong (kük´gông´) (KEY) , city (1994 est. pop. 403,900), N Guangdong prov., SE China, on the Bei (North) River and the Guangzhou-Wuhan RR. It is a trade center with coal and tungsten mining, a lead-zinc plant, and some heavy industry.