Nanhai District

Nanhai District (simplified Chinese: 南海区; traditional Chinese: 南海區), is a district of Foshan, Guangdong, China. Its government is the first to have developed e-government informatization at the county level in China.

Nanhai
南海区
Namhoi
District
Guicheng Subdistrict in Nanhai
Guicheng Subdistrict in Nanhai
Coordinates: 23°05′46″N 113°08′34″E
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceGuangdong
Prefecture-level cityFoshan
Area
 • Total1,074 km2 (415 sq mi)
Population
 (2010 Census)
 • Total2,588,844
 • Density2,400/km2 (6,200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
528200
Websitehttp://www.nanhai.gov.cn/
Nanhai District
Simplified Chinese南海区
Traditional Chinese南海區
Jyutpingnaam4 hoi2 keoi1
Cantonese YaleNàahmhói Kēui
Hanyu PinyinNánhǎi Qū
Alternative Chinese name
Chinese南海
Jyutpingnaam4 hoi2
Cantonese YaleNàahmhói
Hanyu PinyinNánhǎi
PostalNamhoi
Statue of Guan Yin on Mount Xiqiao, in Nanhai

History

Establishment of Nanhai is traditionally attributed two brothers carrying their father's bowls in 1271. They were fleeing south from the Mongols on a bamboo raft when a violent storm shipwrecked them and broke all the bowls. The brothers settled down there and the position of the wreck is commemorated by a shrine. This area was named Broken Bowls Point.

On 15 February 1921, the eastern part of Nanhai County was ceded to the newly established City of Guangzhou which became part of what is now western part of Liwan. On 26 June 1951, Foshan Town (present Chancheng) was ceded to the newly established City of Foshan. Nanhai County was upgraded into a county-level city on 2 September 1992 until 8 December 2002 Nanhai was consolidated as a district of Foshan.

Administration division

Nanhai was a county-level city until December 8, 2002, when it became a district of Foshan prefecture-level city.

NameChinese (S)Hanyu PinyinPopulation (2010)[1]Area (km2)
Guicheng Subdistrict桂城街道Guìchéng Jiēdào542,77584.16
Lishui town里水镇Lǐshuǐ Zhèn273,91475.38
Jiujiang town九江镇Jiǔjiāng Zhèn170,17994.75
Danzao town丹灶镇Dānzào Zhèn154,955143.50
Dali town大沥镇Dàlì Zhèn614,83795.90
Shishan town狮山镇Shīshān Zhèn610,514330.60
Xiqiao town西樵镇Xiqiáo Zhèn221,670176.63

E-government

Nanhai was designated by the central government as a pilot city for e-government and informatization in 2001.

Notable people

See also

References
  1. shi, Guo wu yuan ren kou pu cha ban gong; council, Guo jia tong ji ju ren kou he jiu ye tong ji si bian = Tabulation on the 2010 population census of the people's republic of China by township / compiled by Population census office under the state; population, Department of; statistics, employment statistics national bureau of (2012). Zhongguo 2010 nian ren kou pu cha fen xiang, zhen, jie dao zi liao (Di 1 ban. ed.). Beijing Shi: Zhongguo tong ji chu ban she. ISBN 978-7-5037-6660-2.
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