Haizhu District is one of 11
urban districts of the
prefecture-level city of
Guangzhou, the capital of
Guangdong Province,
China.
Geography
Haizhu District is located in the southern part of
Guangzhou city. After the adjustment of
Guangzhou's administrative regional planning in 2005, the northern part of Haizhu District is adjacent to
Liwan District
Liwan District is one of 11 urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong Province, China. The district is split into two parts by the Pearl River: Xiguan in the northeast and Fangcun in the southwest.
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Yuexiu District
Yuexiu District is one of 11 urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong Province, China, located west of the Tianhe District and east of the Liwan District. It is the commercial, political and cultural ...
and
Tianhe District
Tianhe District () is one of the eleven districts of Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong province. In Chinese, the name Tianhe literally means "a river in the sky/heavens", which is also a Chinese name for the Milky Way. It is bordered by Yuexi ...
across the
Pearl River
The Pearl River, also known by its Chinese name Zhujiang or Zhu Jiang in Mandarin pinyin or Chu Kiang and formerly often known as the , is an extensive river system in southern China. The name "Pearl River" is also often used as a catch-all ...
, and the eastern, western and southern parts are adjacent to
Huangpu District,
Liwan District
Liwan District is one of 11 urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong Province, China. The district is split into two parts by the Pearl River: Xiguan in the northeast and Fangcun in the southwest.
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and
Panyu District
Panyu, alternately romanized as Punyu, is one of 11 urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong Province, China. It was a separate county-level city before its incorporation into modern Guangzhou in 200 ...
respectively. The main parts of the area are Haizhu Island and Henan Island. In addition, there are
Guanzhou Island and Yajisha Island. Haizhu District is located between 113°14' to 113°23' east longitude and 23°3' to 23°16' north latitude, surrounded by the front and rear waterways of the
Guangzhou section of the
Pearl River
The Pearl River, also known by its Chinese name Zhujiang or Zhu Jiang in Mandarin pinyin or Chu Kiang and formerly often known as the , is an extensive river system in southern China. The name "Pearl River" is also often used as a catch-all ...
. The area includes Haizhu Island, Henan Island,
Guanzhou Island in the southeast and Yajisha Island in the south, with a total area of 90.40 square kilometers.
History
Haizhu District originally consisted of Henan or Honam Island ("South of the River"), across the
Pearl River
The Pearl River, also known by its Chinese name Zhujiang or Zhu Jiang in Mandarin pinyin or Chu Kiang and formerly often known as the , is an extensive river system in southern China. The name "Pearl River" is also often used as a catch-all ...
from the old city of
Guangzhou (then known as "Canton"). Its main community was also known by the same name and surrounded the
Hoi Tong Monastery
The Hoi Tong Monastery, also known by many other names, is a Buddhist temple and monastery on Henan Island in Guangzhou, China. It shares its grounds with the city's .
Names
The official English form of the name is "Hoi Tong Monastery", ...
.
According to archaeological discoveries, there were inhabitants settled in the district around three thousand years to four thousand years ago. Western Han dynasty tombs and Eastern han dynasty tombs were often found in the region. From 1856 to 1859, trading companies associated with foreign traders under the
Canton System
The Canton System (1757–1842; zh, t=一口通商, p=Yīkǒu tōngshāng, "Single orttrading relations") served as a means for Qing China to control trade with the West within its own country by focusing all trade on the southern port of C ...
temporarily relocated to the district after the
Thirteen Factories site was destroyed in a fire.
Haizhu was once the largest district in Guangzhou, its southernmost and its least dense. With the expansion of
Guangzhou, it no longer holds any of these titles. Although less built-up than
Liwan
Liwan ( ar, ليوان, , from Persian ) is a long narrow-fronted hall or vaulted portal in ancient and modern Levantine homes that is often open to the outside.Abercrombie, 1910, p. 266.Davey, 1993, p. 29. An Arabic loanword to English, it is ...
and
Yuexiu District
Yuexiu District is one of 11 urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong Province, China, located west of the Tianhe District and east of the Liwan District. It is the commercial, political and cultural ...
s, Haizhu now has some of the most expensive real estate in the city. Its riverfront now has some of the tallest and most expensive residential buildings in Guangzhou.
Administrative divisions
Economy
7 Days Inn has its corporate headquarters in the Creative Industry Zone in Haizhu.
The headquarters of
Zhujiang Beer
Zhujiang Brewery (Zhujiang Brewery Group Co., Ltd) () was established in 1985 and is a large state-owned enterprise which deals mainly in beer and related products such as labels, cartons, crates, etc. The brewery is one of the largest single site ...
is in Haizhu District.
Education
The main campus of
Sun Yat-Sen University is located in Haizhu, as well as the Guangzhou Fine Arts Academy.
Right across the street from the
Sun Yat-Sen University is the South Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
The Guangzhou No.6 High School alongside the university is one of the best in the city, containing programs that follow the American curriculum.
Transportation
Guangzhou's Metro Line 8's eastern end is in Haizhu. Metro Lines 3 runs from north to south through the District, while line 5, currently under construction, will also have stations in it. Another metro line, the Guangfo Line, connects Guangzhou and
Foshan, a city just west of Guangzhou.It is currently the only metro line connecting two cities in China.
Metro
Haizhu is currently serviced by six metro lines operated by
Guangzhou Metro
The Guangzhou Metro () ( and ) is the rapid transit system of the city of Guangzhou in Guangdong Province of China. It is operated by the state-owned Guangzhou Metro Corporation and was the fourth metro system to be built in mainland China, af ...
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The 2nd Workers' Cultural Palace,
Jiangnan West,
Changgang
Changgang County is a ''kun'', or county, in north-central Chagang province, North Korea. Originally part of Kanggye, it was made a separate county in 1949. It borders Hwapyong and Rangrim to the east, Kanggye and Sijung to the west, Songgan ...
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Jiangtai Lu,
Dongxiao South,
Nanzhou ()
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Canton Tower
The Canton Tower (), formally Guangzhou TV Astronomical and Sightseeing Tower (), is a -tall multipurpose observation tower in the Haizhu District of Guangzhou ( alternatively romanized as ''Canton''). The tower was topped out in 2009 and it ...
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Kecun (),
Datang,
Lijiao ()
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Wanshengwei (),
Guanzhou
Guanzhou Island (), formerly known in English as Dove Island, is an island in Haizhu District, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China. It is also branded as Guangzhou International Biotech Island () since July 2011, forming the centre of Guangzhou' ...
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Tongfu West,
Fenghuang Xincun,
Shayuan (),
Baogang Dadao,
Changgang
Changgang County is a ''kun'', or county, in north-central Chagang province, North Korea. Originally part of Kanggye, it was made a separate county in 1949. It borders Hwapyong and Rangrim to the east, Kanggye and Sijung to the west, Songgan ...
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Xiaogang,
Sun Yat-sen University,
Lujiang,
Kecun (),
Chigang,
Modiesha,
Xingang East,
Pazhou,
Wanshengwei ()
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Shayuan (),
Yangang,
Shixi,
Nanzhou (),
Lijiao ()
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Canton Tower
The Canton Tower (), formally Guangzhou TV Astronomical and Sightseeing Tower (), is a -tall multipurpose observation tower in the Haizhu District of Guangzhou ( alternatively romanized as ''Canton''). The tower was topped out in 2009 and it ...
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Arts
The artists cooperative
Park19 has facilities on Haizhu.
See also
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Xinjiao Town
Xinjiao Town () is a town in the Haizhu District of Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China. The town is known for its orchards, which produce fruits such as star-fruit, pomegranate, banana, papaya, orange, and litchi. Like many neighboring communiti ...
, a town under the administration of Haizhu.
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Yingzhou Ecological Park Yingzhou Ecological Park () is an ecological park located in Xiaozhou Village, Xinjiao Town, in the south eastern Haizhu District, Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong Province, China.
History
The park was founded during the Yuan dynasty (12711368) a ...
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References
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