Nansha, Guangzhou

Nansha, Guangzhou
Nansha, Guangzhou
Simplified Chinese	南沙区
Traditional Chinese	南沙區
Guangdong Romanization	nam4 sa1 kêu1
Hanyu Pinyin	Nánshā Qū
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Nánshā Qū
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	Nàahmsā Kēui
Jyutping	naam4 saa1 keoi1
Canton Romanization	nam4 sa1 kêu1
Alternative Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	南沙新区
Traditional Chinese	南沙新區
Guangdong Romanization	nam4 sa1 sen1 kêu1
Hanyu Pinyin	Nánshā Xīnqū
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Nánshā Xīnqū
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	Nàahmsā Sànkēui
Jyutping	naam4 saa1 san1 keoi1
Canton Romanization	nam4 sa1 sen1 kêu1
Second alternative Chinese name
Chinese	南沙
Guangdong Romanization	nam4 sa1
Hanyu Pinyin	Nánshā
Literal meaning	south sands
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Nánshā
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	Nàahmsā
Jyutping	naam4 saa1
Canton Romanization	nam4 sa1

Nansha

南沙区 / 南沙新区
Nansha 南沙区 / 南沙新区
District and State-level new area
	Nansha Marina
	Nansha in Guangzhou
	Coordinates: 22°50′18″N 113°36′30″E / 22.83833°N 113.60833°E
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Guangdong
Sub-provincial city	Guangzhou
Area
• Total	803 km2 (310 sq mi)
Population (2020)
• Total	846,584
• Density	1,100/km2 (2,700/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	511455
Area code	020
Website	http://www.gzns.gov.cn/

Nansha District and Nansha New Area is one of 11 urban districts and a state-level new area of the prefecture-level city of Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong Province, China. It is the home of the present-day port of Guangzhou, as well as the Nansha Wetland Park.

The Nansha Technology Development Zone was carved out of Panyu District in 1993. In 2005, it was named Nansha District. In September 2012, Nansha was designated a State-level New Area as Nansha New Area, the sixth such area.^[1]

^ China Daily Nansha New Area launched Updated: 2012-09-13 14:56 "China has mapped out a new State-level development zone in South China's Guangdong province, the Shanghai Securities News reported on Wednesday. As the country's sixth State-level New Area, the Nansha New Area is expected to get national support from a series of preferential policies and innovation reforms on tax policy, land management, financial innovation and industrial development. The other zones are in Shanghai, Tianjin and Chongqing, as well as Zhejiang and Gansu provinces."