Nanshan District, Shenzhen

Not to be confused with Nansha District, Guangzhou.
Nanshan
南山区
District

Shenzhen High-Tech Industrial Park

Nanshan District in Shenzhen
Country China
Province Guangdong
Prefecture Shenzhen
Area
 • Total 182 km2 (70 sq mi)
Population (2012) 1,108,500
 • Density 12,000/km2 (31,000/sq mi)
Time zone China Standard (UTC+8)
Area code(s) 0755
Website http://www.szns.gov.cn/

Nanshan District (simplified Chinese: 南山区; traditional Chinese: 南山區; pinyin: Nánshān Qū) 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.

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. The most notable town amongst them was Nantou(南头), the seat of San On(Bao'an County) for almost 1700 years. It is now located at the western end of Shennan Road, near the district government.

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.

Like many other parts of Shenzhen, 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 Division

Nanshan District is organized into the following subdistricts.

Name Chinese (S) Hanyu Pinyin Population (2010)[1]
Nantou Subdistrict 南头街道 Nántóu Jiēdào 163,237
Nanshan Subdistrict 南山街道 Nánshān Jiēdào 152,312
Shahe Subdistrict 沙河街道 Shāhé Jiēdào 121,350
Xili Subdistrict 西丽街道 Xīlì Jiēdào 187,832
Shekou Subdistrict 蛇口街道 Shékǒu Jiēdào 87,304
Zhaoshang Subdistrict 招商街道 Zhāoshāng Jiēdào 79,650
Yuehai Subdistrict 粤海街道 Yuèhǎi Jiēdào 157,807
Taoyuan Subdistrict 桃源街道 Táoyuán Jiēdào 138,853

Transportation

Shenzhen Metro

The Luobao Line and Shekou Line passes through many neighbourhoods of Nanshan District. A few lines serving the district are under construction and some more are planned.

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.[2][3]

Cross boundary coaches to and from Hong Kong are also available at the Shenzhen Bay Control Point (Shenzhen Bay Port on the mainland side).[4] 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,[5] ZTE, China Resources Beverage (CR Beverage), amongst others, have their headquarters in Hi-Tech Park (科技园, Pinyin:Kējì Yuán), Nanshan.[6][7][8][9] The South China office of CR Beverage is in on the 10th floor of the Min Tai Building (闽泰大厦) in the district.[9] China Nepstar has its headquarters in the Xinnengyuan Building (新能源大厦 / 新能源大廈) on Nanhai Road, Nanshan District.[10]

Free Trade Zones

Main article: Qianhai

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.

Main article: Shekou, Shenzhen

Another planned free trade zone now rapidly redeveloping is the Shekou Industrial Zone, on the southern tip of Nanshan.

Education

Universities

Eight of Shenzhen's eleven full-time universities are located in Nanshan:[11]

Primary schools

Middle schools

"Middle School" may refer to either 7-9 and/or 10-12 schools

International 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:

Tourist attractions

Gallery

References

  1. ↑ shi, Guo wu yuan ren kou pu cha ban gong; council, Guo jia tong ji ju ren kou he jiu ye tong ji si bian = Tabulation on the 2010 population census of the people's republic of China by township / compiled by Population census office under the state; population, Department of; statistics, employment statistics national bureau of (2012). Zhongguo 2010 nian ren kou pu cha fen xiang, zhen, jie dao zi liao (Di 1 ban. ed.). Beijing Shi: Zhongguo tong ji chu ban she. ISBN 978-7-5037-6660-2.
  2. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20081209104327/http://www.xunlongferry.com:80/e-shouye.asp. Archived from the original on December 9, 2008. Retrieved November 28, 2008. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ↑ "Shekou and Hong Kong Ferry Schedules". www.shenzhenparty.com. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  4. ↑ Transport Department
  5. ↑ "About Vapestrm". www.vapestrm.com. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  6. ↑ "Contact Us." Tencent contact details. Retrieved on September 28, 2011
  7. ↑ "Contact Us." Retrieved on November 19, 2012
  8. ↑ "Consumer Goods." China Resources. Retrieved on April 10, 2014"
  9. 1 2 "Contact 联系我们." China Resources Beverage. Retrieved on April 10, 2014.
  10. ↑ "Contact Us." China Nepstar. Retrieved on November 19, 2012
  11. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20090726214608/http://www.szns.gov.cn:80/main_en/generalinfo/. Archived from the original on July 26, 2009. Retrieved December 12, 2008. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. ↑ http://www.tsinghua-sz.cn/[]
  13. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20081229235824/http://www.szvup.com:80/Html/englishh/83264822729835.html. Archived from the original on December 29, 2008. Retrieved December 12, 2008. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  14. ↑ "Shenzhen's first Japanese school opens in Shekou" (Archive). Shenzhen Daily. June 16, 2008. Retrieved on January 14, 2015. Alternate link at (Archive) Xinhua, Alternate link at Newsgd.com.
  15. ↑ "深圳日本人学校　事務職員　募集要項." Shenzhen Japanese School. Retrieved on January 14, 2015. "連絡先 深圳日本人学校 中華人民共和国広東省深圳市南山区工業八路295号"

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