Nanshan District, Shenzhen
Nanshan å—山区 | |
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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: å—山区; traditional Chinese: å—å±±å€; pinyin: NánshÄn QÅ«) 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(å—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] |
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Nantou Subdistrict | å—å¤´è¡—é“ | Nántóu JiÄ“dà o | 163,237 |
Nanshan Subdistrict | å—å±±è¡—é“ | NánshÄn JiÄ“dà o | 152,312 |
Shahe Subdistrict | æ²™æ²³è¡—é“ | ShÄhé JiÄ“dà o | 121,350 |
Xili Subdistrict | è¥¿ä¸½è¡—é“ | XÄ«lì JiÄ“dà o | 187,832 |
Shekou Subdistrict | 蛇å£è¡—é“ | ShékÇ’u JiÄ“dà o | 87,304 |
Zhaoshang Subdistrict | æ‹›å•†è¡—é“ | ZhÄoshÄng JiÄ“dà o | 79,650 |
Yuehai Subdistrict | ç²¤æµ·è¡—é“ | YuèhÇŽi JiÄ“dà o | 157,807 |
Taoyuan Subdistrict | 桃æºè¡—é“ | Táoyuán JiÄ“dà o | 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
- Shekou West (蛇å£è¥¿ç«™)
- Mawan (妈湾站)
- Shenzhen West (深圳西站)
- Xili(西丽站)
Container Ports
- Shekou 蛇å£
- Dong Jiaotou 东角头
- Chiwan 赤湾
- Mawan 妈湾
- Qianhai å‰æµ·
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å›, Pinyin:KÄ“jì 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æºå¤§åŽ¦ / 新能æºå¤§å»ˆ) on Nanhai Road, Nanshan District.[10]
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.
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]
- Shenzhen University
- Shenzhen Polytechnic
- Shenzhen University City
- Tsinghua University [12]
- Peking University
- Harbin Institute of Technology
- Financial College of Nankai University
- Shenzhen Virtual University Park [13]
Primary schools
- Nanshan Foreign Languages School å—山外国è¯å¦æ ¡
- Yueliangwan Primary School 月亮湾å°å¦
- Nanshan Primary School å—å±±å°å¦
- Nanyuan Primary School å—å›å°å¦
- Xiangnan Primary School å‘å—å°å¦
- Nanshan Experimental Primary School å—山实验å°å¦
- Qianhai Primary School å‰æµ·å°å¦
Middle schools
- "Middle School" may refer to either 7-9 and/or 10-12 schools
- Shenzhen Nanshan Foreign Languages school 深圳å—山外国è¯å¦æ ¡ - The most profound middle school in the Nanshan District, having the highest English exam score in the Nanshan district every year for the country's yearly High School Entrance Exam. Alumni includes graduates currently in Peking University, TsingHua University, Schulich School of Business (York University), Brandeis University, Stanford University, Northeastern University, University of Bath etc.
- Shenzhen Yucai School 深圳育æ‰å¦æ ¡ The largest school in Nanshan District.
- Shenzhen Experimental School 深圳实验å¦æ ¡é«˜ä¸éƒ¨
- Lixiang Middle School è”香ä¸å¦
- Nantou Middle School å—头ä¸å¦
- OCT Middle School åŽä¾¨åŸŽä¸å¦
- Shekou Middle School 蛇å£ä¸å¦
- Shenzhen Nanshan Bilingual School, Cambridge International Centre, (CIC), Middle School,
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.
- The International School of Nanshan Shenzhen
- Shenzhen Nanshan Chinese International College (formerly Nanshan Bilingual School/Baishizhou Bilingual School)
- Shekou International School
- QSI International School of Shekou.
International K-12 schools include:
- KIS Korean International School of Shenzhen (Korean section and English elementary section)
International 1-9 schools include:
Tourist attractions
- Guandi Temple å…³å¸åº™
- Xin'an Old Town 新安å¤åŸŽ
- Window of the World 世界之窗
- Happy Valley 欢ä¹è°·
- Overseas Chinese Town (OCT) åŽä¾¨åŸŽ
- Coastal City 海岸城
- OCT Bay 欢ä¹æµ·å²¸
- Shenzhen Bay Park 深圳湾公å›
- Shenzhen Bay Sports Centre (the Spring Cocoon) 深圳湾体育馆(春茧)
- Shenzhen Sea World 海上世界
- Shenzhen Safari Park 深圳野生动物å›
Gallery
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Tencent headquarters
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Skyline of Nanshan as viewed from Shenzhen Bay Park
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Bird's eye's view of Nanshan District and Shenzhen Bay Bridge in 2007 atop Nanshan Mountain
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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
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(help) - ↑ "Shekou and Hong Kong Ferry Schedules". www.shenzhenparty.com. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
- ↑ Transport Department
- ↑ "About Vapestrm". www.vapestrm.com. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
- ↑ "Contact Us." Tencent contact details. Retrieved on September 28, 2011
- ↑ "Contact Us." Retrieved on November 19, 2012
- ↑ "Consumer Goods." China Resources. Retrieved on April 10, 2014"
- 1 2 "Contact è”系我们." China Resources Beverage. Retrieved on April 10, 2014.
- ↑ "Contact Us." China Nepstar. Retrieved on November 19, 2012
- ↑ 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
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(help) - ↑ http://www.tsinghua-sz.cn/[]
- ↑ 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
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(help) - ↑ "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.
- ↑ "深圳日本人å¦æ ¡ã€€äº‹å‹™è·å“¡ã€€å‹Ÿé›†è¦é …." Shenzhen Japanese School. Retrieved on January 14, 2015. "連絡先 深圳日本人å¦æ ¡ ä¸è¯äººæ°‘共和国広æ±çœæ·±åœ³å¸‚å—山区工æ¥å…«è·¯295å·"
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