Whampoa

Whampoa is a romanisation of 黄埔, the name of a region of Guangdong, China now Huangpu District, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China. The romanisation has also been used in places and entities named for the region.

Since the adoption of pinyin in the People's Republic of China in the mid-20th century, "Huangpu" has largely replaced "Whampoa" in mainland China except for a few historical establishments:

• Whampoa anchorage, the intermediate way station between Macao and Guangzhou
• Whampoa Military Academy, a military academy of the Republic of China in Guangzhou
• Whampoa Pagoda, in Guangzhou
• Treaty of Whampoa, a commercial treaty between France and China concluded in 1844

As of the 21st century, it is still in use to refer to other places in the greater China region and diaspora:

• In Hong Kong:
  • Whampoa Dock, a Hong Kong dockyard operated in the Crown Colony of Hong Kong from 1863 - 1979.
  • Whampoa Garden, a private housing estate built in the 1980s located on part of the former site of the dock
  • Whampoa Station, a proposed terminal station on the Kwun Tong Line of the MTR in Hong Kong, expected to be completed in 2015.
  • Hutchison Whampoa, a Hong Kong conglomerate, the eventual owner of the Whampoa Dock, Whampoa Garden, A.S. Watson & Co., Superdrug and Hutchison 3G.
• In Singapore:
  • Whampoa, Singapore - a housing estate located in the district of Novena
  • Whampoa Single Member Constituency, a former constituency represented by Heng Chee How that contains the housing estate of Whampoa along with other areas

See also

• Huangpu (disambiguation), the pinyin romanisation of the same Chinese characters