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Yantian District

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Country
  
China

Website
  
www.yantian.gov.cn

Province
  
Guangdong Province

Prefecture
  
Shenzhen

Time zone
  
China Standard (UTC+8)

Area
  
72.63 km²

Area code
  
0755

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Points of interest
  
OCT East, Dameisha Beach, East Oversea Chinese, Shenzhen Ocean World, Wood Coaster

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Yantian District (simplified Chinese: 盐田区; traditional Chinese: 鹽田區; pinyin: Yántián Qū; Cantonese Jyutping: Jim4 Tin4 Keoi1) is one of the six districts of the city of Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. It is adjacent to Shenzhen River to the south, and is surrounded by Luohu and Longgang districts of Shenzhen. Until March 1998, Yantian was part of Luohu District.

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Map of Yantian, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China

Subdistricts

The size of Yantian district is about 72.63 km². It contains four subdistricts:

Located on Mirs Bay, Yantian is the location of some of Shenzhen's best-known tourist beaches, Dameisha and Xiaomeisha. Yantian Port is also located within the district.

Industrial zone

The Shenzhen Yantian Port Free Trade Zone was set up and approved by the State Council on September 27, 1996 with a total area of 0.85 square kilometer. On August 16, 2004, the project of "zone-port interaction" was approved by the State Council between Yantian Port and the Shenzhen Yantiangang Free Trade Zone.

Yantian Port Bonded Logistics Park was established with 0.96 square kilometer on December 30, 2005. The zone is situated near Yantian Port. Industries that are encouraged include printing/publishing/packaging, raw material processing, shipping/warehousing/logistics, and trading and distribution.

Tourist attractions

  • Minsk World(明斯克世界)
  • Chung Ying Street(中英街)
  • Wutongshan National Park (梧桐山國家森林公園/梧桐山国家森林公园)
  • Dameisha Beach (大梅沙)
  • Xiaomeisha Beach (小梅沙)
  • Shenzhen Xiaomeisha Sea World(小梅沙海洋世界)
  • OCT East(東部華僑城/东部华侨城)
  • Transportation

    The proposed Shenzhen Metro Yantian Line will be built to help serve the area.

    References

    Yantian District Wikipedia