Nanhai District

Nanhai 南海区
District
Skyline of Guicheng CBD
Coordinates: 23°05′46″N 113°08′34″E / 23.09611°N 113.14278°ECoordinates: 23°05′46″N 113°08′34″E / 23.09611°N 113.14278°E
Country	China
Province	Guangdong
Prefecture-level city	Foshan
Area
• Total	1,074 km^2 (415 sq mi)
Population (2010 Census)
• Total	2,588,844
• Density	2,400/km^2 (6,200/sq mi)
Time zone	China Standard (UTC+8)
Website	http://www.nanhai.gov.cn/

Nanhai District
Simplified Chinese	南海区
Traditional Chinese	南海區
Cantonese Yale	Nàahmhói Kēui
Cantonese Jyutping	naam4 hoi2 keoi1
Hanyu Pinyin	Nánhǎi Qū
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Nánhǎi Qū Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Nàahmhói Kēui Jyutping naam4 hoi2 keoi1
Alternative Chinese name
Chinese	南海
Cantonese Yale	Nàahmhói
Cantonese Jyutping	naam4 hoi2
Hanyu Pinyin	Nánhǎi
Postal	Namhoi
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Nánhǎi Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Nàahmhói Jyutping naam4 hoi2

Statue of Guan Yin on Mount Xiqiao, in Nanhai

Nanhai District, is a district of Foshan, Guangdong, China. Its government is the first to have developed e-government informatization at the county level in China.

History

The town was established in 1271 by two brothers carrying their father's bowls. 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. 15 February 1921 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.

Name	Chinese (S)	Hanyu Pinyin	Population (2010)[1]	Area (km^2)
Guicheng Subdistrict	桂城街道	Guìchéng Jiēdào	542,775	84.16
Lishui Town	里水镇	Lǐshuǐ Zhèn	273,914	75.38
Jiujiang Town	九江镇	Jiǔjiāng Zhèn	170,179	94.75
Danzao Town	丹灶镇	Dānzào Zhèn	154,955	143.50
Dali Town	大沥镇	Dàlì Zhèn	614,837	95.90
Shishan Town	狮山镇	Shīshān Zhèn	610,514	330.60
Xiqiao Town	西樵镇	Xiqiáo Zhèn	221,670	176.63

E-government

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

Famous people from Nanhai

• Kang Tongbi
• Kang Youwei
• Wong Fei Hung
• Yip Man
• Tony Leung Ka-fai
• Antonio Ng

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.

External links

• Mango Kwan's site contains pictures and history (Chinese)