Qingyuan, formerly romanized as Tsingyun, is a prefecture-level city in northern Guangdong province, China, situated on the banks of the Bei or North River. It lies in the northern part of the province, bordering Guangzhou and Foshan to the south, Shaoguan to the east and northeast, Zhaoqing to the south and southwest, and Hunan province and the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region to the north.
At the 2020 census, Qingyuan had a total population of 3,969,473, of whom 1,738,424 lived in the built-up area formed by the urbanized Qingcheng and Qingxin districts. The primary spoken language is Cantonese.
Covering 19,015 square kilometres, Qingyuan is Guangdong's largest prefecture-level division by land area. Its urban core is surrounded by mountainous areas but is directly connected with Guangzhou and the Pearl River Delta by Highway 107.