Country China Area 151 km² Area code 0755 Prefecture Shenzhen | Time zone China Standard (UTC+8) Province Guangdong Province Population 2.2 million (2012) | |
Points of interest Splendid China Folk Village, Window of the World, Happy Valley Shenzhen, He Xiangning Art Muse, Overseas Chinese Town Colleges and Universities Shenzhen University, Shenzhen Polytechnic, South University of Scienc, Peking University Shenzhe | ||
Nanshan District (simplified Chinese: 南山区; traditional Chinese: 南山區; pinyin: Nánshān Qū ;Cantonese Jyutping: Naam4 Saan1 Keoi1) is one of the six districts comprising Shenzhen. It encompasses the southwest area of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone, with a population of 1.08 million. In 2013, the district of Nanshan's local GDP output exceeded 320 billion RMB. The region has an established tourism industry and is home to several sightseeing locations.
Contents
- Map of Nanshan Shenzhen Guangdong China
- Geography
- History
- Demographics
- Administrative divisions
- Communities
- Shenzhen Metro
- Railway Stations
- Container Ports
- Access of neighbouring cities and regions
- Economy
- Free Trade Zones
- Universities
- Primary schools
- Middle schools
- International and private schools
- References
Map of Nanshan, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Geography
Nanshan District has a total area of 182 km². The area continued to increase due to large scale land reclamation, especially in Qianhai and Houhai. The district is located to the northwest of Deep Bay, east of the Pearl River entrance. Its northern boundary is Yangtaishan, which divides the district with Baoan, while it is bounded south by Inner Lingding Island and Dachan Island, though the Port of Shekou is the southernmost point on the peninsula. Nanshan is situated about a degree south of the Tropic of Cancer and has a humid subtropical climate. It sits directly north of Yuen Long district of Hong Kong. More than half of the district consist of urban areas.Mountainous areas like Tanglangshan and Yangtaishan to the north and Nanshan Park to the south are largely preserved as forests.
At 587 metres tall, Yangtaishan has the highest elevation in the district, with Tanglangshan being the second at 430 metres and third being Nanshan of height 336 metres. The district has a total coastline of 55.18 kilometres.
History
Nanshan was largely a rural area before being rapidly developed since the late 1970s, with the exception of a few towns and villages. Nantou(南頭/南头), the seat of Bao'an County for almost 1700 years was located within the district.
In September 1983, Nantou district was established; it was county-level administratively. Less than a year later in August 1984 Shekou, which came to be known as Shekou subdistrict today, split off as a separate district from Nanshan. In September 1990 the two districts combined to form the present Nanshan District.
Nanshan experienced large sums of migrants from other parts of the country. Much of the original towns in the district had either been demolished to make way for developments or became what are to be known as urban villages.
Demographics
As of the end of 2011,Nanshan district has a total resident population of 1,087,936 and a census-registered population of 0.5492 million. The vast majority of the population are concentrated in the southern half of the district.
Administrative divisions
Nanshan District is organized into the following subdistricts.
Communities
Shenzhen Metro
Nanshan is currently served by four out of the six metro lines operated by Shenzhen Metro:
Railway Stations
Container Ports
Access of neighbouring cities and regions
The Shekou Passenger Terminal offers ferry service to Hong Kong (Hong Kong Island and Hong Kong International Airport), Zhuhai and Macau.
Cross boundary coaches to and from Hong Kong are also available at Shenzhen Bay Port. The port it located geographically at Shekou hence all coach will travel along the Hong Kong-Shenzhen Western Corridor to get to Hong Kong.
Economy
Tencent, Vapestrm, ZTE, China Resources Beverage (CR Beverage), amongst others, have their headquarters in Hi-Tech Park (科技園/科技园, Pinyin:Kējì Yuán), Nanshan. The South China office of CR Beverage is in on the 10th floor of the Min Tai Building (閩泰大廈/闽泰大厦) in the district. China Nepstar has its headquarters in the Xinnengyuan Building (新能源大厦 / 新能源大廈) on Nanhai Road, Nanshan District.
Free Trade Zones
Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone is a large masterplanned commercial free trade zone comprising 14 km2 of reclaimed land under construction in Qianhai, Nanshan. Upon scheduled completion in 2020, special policies including lower taxation rates would be implemented in the new district.
Shekou is another planned free trade zone now rapidly redeveloping is the Shekou Industrial Zone, on the southern tip of Nanshan.
Universities
Eight of Shenzhen's eleven full-time universities are located in Nanshan:
Primary schools
An international school, Shenzhen Dalton Xinhua School (深圳道尔顿新华公学), was scheduled to open in September 2016.
Middle schools
"Middle School" may refer to either 7-9 and/or 10-12 schoolsInternational and private schools
There are four Anglophone international high schools and private high schools in Nanshan, these high schools all offer British, University of Cambridge International A-Level or North American style curricula, with English as the main language of instruction.
International K-12 schools include:
International 1-9 schools include: