Bao'an County

Bao'an County 寶安縣, 宝安县
County of China
331–1979
Location of Bao'an County within modern Shenzhen (in purple).
Capital	Nantou
History
• Established	331
• Separation from Dongguan County	1573
• Detachment of Hong Kong	29 August 1842
• Renamed to Shenzhen	23 January 1979
• Bao'an District established	1 January 1993
Succeeded by Tamão British Hong Kong Dongguan Shenzhen
Today part of	People's Republic of China (Mainland) Guangdong Dongguan City Shenzhen City Zhuhai City Hong Kong

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Bao'an County, formerly named Xin'an County, was a historical county in South China. It roughly follows the administrative boundaries of modern-day Hong Kong and the city of Shenzhen. For most of its history, the administrative center of the county was in Nantou.