Nansha
Nansha (南沙, p Nánshā, lit. "Southern Sands") may refer to the following places in China:
Spratly Islands
- Spratly Islands, disputed territory called the "Nansha Islands" in Chinese (simplified Chinese: 南沙群岛; traditional Chinese: 南沙群島; pinyin: Nánshā Qúndǎo)
Guangzhou
- Nansha District (simplified Chinese: 南沙区; traditional Chinese: 南沙區; pinyin: Nánshā Qū) in Guangzhou, formed from Panyu District in 2005
- Nansha Subdistrict (pinyin: Nánshā Jiēdào) in Guangzhou's Nansha District
- the Nansha Metro Line, properly Line 4, Guangzhou Metro (simplified Chinese: 南沙线; traditional Chinese: 南沙線; pinyin: Nánshā Xiàn)
- S105 Nansha Port Expressway (Chinese: 南沙港快速路; pinyin: Nánshāgǎng Kuàisùlù) in Guangzhou
- Nansha New Area (simplified Chinese: 南沙新区; traditional Chinese: 南沙新區; pinyin: Nánshā Xīnqū), a special development zone in Guangzhou established in 2012
Other places
- Jiang Tingxi, who used Nansha as one of his pseudonyms
- Adenophora stricta, known in Chinese as "Nansha Ginseng"
See also
- Jiuduansha or Jiangya Nansha, one of the shoals of Jiuduansha off Shanghai in the East China Sea
- Chongming Island#History for Nansha a former island in the Yangtze estuary now forming part of Chongming Island in Shanghai
- Nanshan Island, a member of the Spratlys administered by the Philippines as "Lawak"
- Saori Minami (Japanese: 南沙織)
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