Nanhai District (), is a district of

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History

Establishment of Nanhai is traditionally attributed two brothers carrying their father's bowls in 1271. They were fleeing south from the Mongols on a bamboo raft when a violent storm shipwrecked them and broke all the bowls. The brothers settled down there and the position of the wreck is commemorated by a shrine. This area was named Broken Bowls Point. On 15 February 1921, the eastern part of Nanhai County was ceded to the newly established City of Guangzhou which became part of what is now western part of

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. On 26 June 1951, Foshan Town (present Chancheng) was ceded to the newly established City of

. Nanhai County was upgraded into a county-level city on 2 September 1992 until 8 December 2002 Nanhai was consolidated as a district of Foshan.

Administration division

Nanhai was a county-level city until December 8, 2002, when it became a district of

prefecture-level city.

E-government

Nanhai was designated by the central government as a pilot city for e-government and

in 2001.

Notable people

* Kang Tongbi * Kang Youwei * Lin Liang * Wong Fei Hung * Ip Man * Tony Leung Ka-fai * Antonio Ng * Tan Sri Datuk Amar

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* Zhan Tianyou *

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