Traditional Chinese 長洲島 Postal Dane's Island Province Guangdong Province | Simplified Chinese 长洲岛 Hanyu Pinyin | |
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Similar Memorial of the Original S, Revolution of 1911 Memorial, Guangdong Museum of Revolutio, Pearl River, Ersha Island | ||
Changzhou Island, formerly known in English as Dane or Dane's Island, is an island in the Pearl River Delta of China's Guangdong Province. It is now administered as part of Guangzhou's Huangpu District, although the historic Huangpu Island was nearby Pazhou, which forms part of Haizhu District.
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Map of Changzhou, Huangpu, Guangzhou, China
Geography
Changzhou is about 11.5 km2 (4.4 sq mi), of which 8.5 km2 (3.3 sq mi) is dry land.
History
During the Canton trade, Changzhou was used by Danish crews for repairs and burials. It lay on the eastern side of the Huangpu or "Whampoa" anchorage.
The island was the site of Sun Yat-sen's Whampoa Military Academy (est. 1924) and the 1926 Zhongshan Incident that propelled the academy's commandant Chiang Kai-shek to leadership over the Chinese Nationalists and then all of Warlord China.
Transportation
Changzhou is now linked to Guangzhou's road network by a bridge to neighboring Xiaoguwei.