Nansha District and Nansha New Area is one of 11 urban districts and a state-level new area of the

prefecture-level city A prefecture-level city () or prefectural city is an administrative division of the People's Republic of China (PRC), ranking below a province and above a county in China's administrative structure. During the Republican era, many of China' ...

Guangzhou Guangzhou (, ; ; or ; ), also known as Canton () and alternatively romanized as Kwongchow or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of Guangdong province in southern China. Located on the Pearl River about north-northwest of Hong Kon ...

, the capital of

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China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

. It is the home of the present-day

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, as well as the Nansha Wetland Park. The Nansha Technology Development Zone was carved out of

Panyu District Panyu, alternately romanized as Punyu, is one of 11 urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong Province, China. It was a separate county-level city before its incorporation into modern Guangzhou in 200 ...

in 1993. In 2005, it was named Nansha District. In September 2012, Nansha was designated a State-level New Area as

Nansha New Area Nansha District and Nansha New Area is one of 11 urban districts and a state-level new area of the prefecture-level city of Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong Province, China. It is the home of the present-day port of Guangzhou, as well a ...

, the sixth such area.

New area

Nansha is the newly established state-level new area ( special economic and political administration zone) under the direct control of Guangzhou Municipal Government in September 2012. In September 2012 Nansha New Area was approved by the State Council of China's Central Government as the sixth state-level new area (followed by

Pudong Pudong is a district of Shanghai located east of the Huangpu, the river which flows through central Shanghai. The name ''Pudong'' was originally applied to the Huangpu's east bank, directly across from the west bank or Puxi, the historic city ...

of Shanghai,

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of Tianjin, Liangjiang of Chongqing,

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of Zhejiang, and Lanzhou New Area, Gansu), which is also the first state-level new development area in South Central China.

Geography

Nansha District is located at the southernmost end of

Guangzhou City Guangzhou (, ; ; or ; ), also known as Canton () and alternatively romanized as Kwongchow or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of Guangdong province in southern China. Located on the Pearl River about north-northwest of Hong Kong ...

, facing Dongguan City across the river in the east, bordering

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and

Shunde District Shunde District, also known as Shuntak, is a District (PRC), district of the city of Foshan, Guangdong province, located in the Pearl River Delta. It had a population of 2,464,784 as of the 2010 census. Once a traditional agricultural county, it ...

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in the west, connecting with

across the water with the Shawan Waterway as the boundary, and adjacent to Lingding, the outlet of the

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in the south. Ocean, between 22°26′～23°06′ north latitude and 113°13′～113°43′ east longitude, with a total area of 803 square kilometers.

Administrative divisions

Transportation

Metro

Nansha is currently served by 2 metro lines operated by

Guangzhou Metro The Guangzhou Metro () ( and ) is the rapid transit system of the city of Guangzhou in Guangdong Province of China. It is operated by the state-owned Guangzhou Metro Corporation and was the fourth metro system to be built in mainland China, af ...

: * -

Dongchong Dongchong () may refer to: * Tung Chung, in the north of Lantau Island, Hong Kong * Tung Chung line of the Hong Kong MTR ** Tung Chung station on said line * Dongchong, Guangzhou Dongchong () is a town of Nansha District, Guangzhou, Guangdong Pr ...

, Qingsheng, Huangge Auto Town, Huangge, Jiaomen,

Jinzhou Jinzhou (, ), formerly Chinchow, is a coastal prefecture-level city in central-west Liaoning province, China. It is a geographically strategic city located in the Liaoxi Corridor, which connects most of the land transports between North Chin ...

, , , ,

Tangkeng Tangkeng is a town located in Fengshun County, Meizhou City, Guangdong Province, China. See also *List of township-level divisions of Guangdong This is a list of township-level divisions of the province of Guangdong, People's Republic o ...

, , * - ,

References

External links

Official website of Nansha District government
{{Authority control Districts of Guangzhou