Nansha, Guangzhou
Nansha
南沙区 / 南沙新区 | |
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Nansha Marina | |
Nansha in Guangzhou | |
| Coordinates: 22°50′18″N 113°36′30″E / 22.83833°N 113.60833°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Guangdong |
| Sub-provincial city | Guangzhou |
| Area | |
• Total | 803 km2 (310 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 846,584 |
| • Density | 1,100/km2 (2,700/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 511455 |
| Area code | 020 |
| Website | http://www.gzns.gov.cn/ |
| Nansha, Guangzhou | |||||||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 南沙区 | ||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 南沙區 | ||||||||||||||
| Guangdong Romanization | nam4 sa1 kêu1 | ||||||||||||||
| Hanyu Pinyin | Nánshā Qū | ||||||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 南沙新区 | ||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 南沙新區 | ||||||||||||||
| Guangdong Romanization | nam4 sa1 sen1 kêu1 | ||||||||||||||
| Hanyu Pinyin | Nánshā Xīnqū | ||||||||||||||
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| Chinese | 南沙 | ||||||||||||||
| Guangdong Romanization | nam4 sa1 | ||||||||||||||
| Hanyu Pinyin | Nánshā | ||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | south sands | ||||||||||||||
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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 as the Nansha Wetland Park.
The Nansha Technology Development Zone was carved out of Panyu District in 1993. In 2005, it was named Nansha District. In September 2012, Nansha was designated a State-level New Area as Nansha New Area, the sixth such area.