| Panyu District 番禺区 Pun Yu District |
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| — District — | |
| Chinese transcription(s) | |
| • Chinese | 番禺区 / 番禺區 |
| • Pinyin | Pānyú Qū |
| Panyu District in Guangzhou | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Guangdong |
| City | Guangzhou |
| Area | |
| • Total | 786.15 km2 (303.5 sq mi) |
| Population (2010 census) | |
| • Total | 1,764,869 |
| • Density | 2,245/km2 (5,814.5/sq mi) |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
| Postal code | 511400 |
| Area code(s) | 020 |
Panyu District or Pun Yue District (simplified Chinese: wikt:番禺区; traditional Chinese: wikt:番禺區; Mandarin Pinyin: Pānyú;; Jyutping: Pun1 Jyu4) is a district in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. It used to be a county-level city before it was incorporated in the administration of Guangzhou. The name of Panyu dates back to the completion of the conquest of Guangdong by Qin Shi Huang. It was the old name of present-day Guangzhou. It covers an area of about 661.88 km².
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Panyu lies at the heart of the Pearl River Delta (珠江三角洲), its boundary straddles from latitudes 22.26' to 23.05', and sprawls from longitudes 113.14' to 113.42'. Facing the Lion Sea in the east and the estuary of the Pearl River in the south, its eastern border is separated from the Dongguan by a strip of water, and the western border of Panyu is adjacent to the cities of Nanhai, Shunde and Zhongshan, while it abuts the downtown of Guangzhou in the north. The site of the People's government of Panyu is Shiqiao which is 17 kilometers from Guangzhou and 38 and 42 nautical miles (78 km) from the cities of Hong Kong and Macao respectively.
Panyu district has seven Street committees (街道). The district executive, legislature and judiciary are in Shiqiao (市桥街), together with the CPC and PSB branches. The other street committees are :
There are now ten towns :
The following towns have been abolished, some by absorption into the Development zone of Nansha District, which see for details.
Panyu District has no Townships (xiang, 乡).
Under its various Street committees and Towns (and in the one Development zone), Panyu has 305 administration villages - i.e. 305 village governments. There are other 'natural villages' (自然村) which administratively count as being in one or another of the official villages.
There are at least 11 speculations on the etymology of the name [1]. Established in the Qin Dynasty in 214 BC, Panyu is one of the oldest cities in China. It became the capital of Nanyue in 204 BC.
As of April 28, 2005, the new district of Nansha (南沙) was established out of parts of Panyu.
Statistics shows that in the year of 1998, the GDP in the district was 33.25 billion yuan, an increase of 13% over the previous year, and the GDP per capita was 35.5 thousand Yuan, an increase of 11%, compared with the previous year.
Guangzhou Metro Lines 2 and 3 serve parts of Panyu District. Line 2 was extended into the district in Sept. 2010.
Panyu Public Transport operates buses in the district.
People born or have family links to Panyu:
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