Zengcheng District (
alternately romanized
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as Tsengshing) is one of 11
urban districts of the
prefecture-level city
A prefecture-level city () or prefectural city is an administrative division of the China, People's Republic of China (PRC), ranking below a province of China, province and above a Counties of the People's Republic of China, county in China's ...
of
Guangzhou
Guangzhou, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Canton or Kwangchow, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Guangdong Provinces of China, province in South China, southern China. Located on the Pearl River about nor ...
, the capital of
Guangdong Province
) means "wide" or "vast", and has been associated with the region since the creation of Guang Prefecture in AD 226. The name "''Guang''" ultimately came from Guangxin ( zh, labels=no, first=t, t= , s=广信), an outpost established in Han dynasty ...
, China.
History
was established under the
Qin following
their conquest of the area, formerly held by the
Baiyue
The Baiyue, Hundred Yue, or simply Yue, were various ethnic groups who inhabited the regions of southern China and northern Vietnam during the 1st millennium BC and 1st millennium AD. They were known for their short hair, body tattoos, fine swo ...
tribes. Under the
Ming, the northern area of the county was separated to form
Longmen County, administered from
Huizhou
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. The county was promoted to
city
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status in 1993. In 2006, a western section of Zengcheng was severed to form Guangzhou's
Luogang District, which was renamed
Huangpu in 2014. On 12 February of the same year, Zengcheng was annexed to Guangzhou as a district. A
riot of migrant workers occurred in Zengcheng in 2011.
Climate
Zengcheng's mild climate, fertile land, annual average temperature of 22.02 degrees and average yearly rainfall of make it suitable for tropical and subtropical crop growth. The district is noted for production of the
lychee
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There are three distinct subspecies of lychee. The most common is the Indochinese lychee found in So ...
.
Administrative divisions
There are currently 6 subdistricts and 7 towns.
On 28 August 2012 one new subdistrict (
Yongning) and one new town (
Xiancun) were established from carving out of Xintang.
Demography
Owing to the distance from Guangzhou's city center, many locals consider themselves distinct from the other Guangzhounese. They also speak separate Yue and Hakka dialects.
Transportation
Metro
Zengcheng is currently serviced by two metro lines operated by
Guangzhou Metro
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Education
Colleges
*Guangdong University of Technology Huali College
*Guangzhou University Songtian College
*Guangdong University of Finance & Economics Huashang College
*Guangzhou Kangda Vocational Technical College
International schools
*
Utahloy International School ZengchengContact
" Utahloy International School Zengcheng. Retrieved on September 28, 2015. "Address: Guangshan Highway, Sanjiang Town, Zengcheng Guangdong, PRC 511325 增城誉德莱国际学校 - 中国广东省广州市增城市广汕公路三江镇" - See map in the last page of the
UISZ School Booklet
"
Notable people:
* Zhan Ruo Shui (湛若水)：male philosopher of Ming dynasty
* Leung kwok Hung (梁國雄)：Hong Kong male politician
* Hélène Wong (黃喜蓮)：female Chinese New Zealand writer, her publishing includes being Chinese: My Own Story
Notes
References
External links
Official website of Zengcheng Government
{{Authority control
Districts of Guangzhou