Panyu or Pun Yue (番禺) is a district in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. It was formerly a city before incorpated in the administration of Guangzhou. The name of Panyu dated 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 661.87km². (Simplified Chinese: 广州; Traditional Chinese: 廣州; pinyin: GuÇŽngzhōu; Wade-Giles: Kuang-chou; Postal System Pinyin: Canton) is the capital of Guangdong Province in southern China. ... China, and should not be confused with the former Kwantung Leased Territory in north-eastern China. ... Chicago from the air. ... (Simplified Chinese: 广州; Traditional Chinese: 廣州; pinyin: GuÇŽngzhōu; Wade-Giles: Kuang-chou; Postal System Pinyin: Canton) is the capital of Guangdong Province in southern China. ... China, and should not be confused with the former Kwantung Leased Territory in north-eastern China. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... (Simplified Chinese: 广州; Traditional Chinese: 廣州; pinyin: GuÇŽngzhōu; Wade-Giles: Kuang-chou; Postal System Pinyin: Canton) is the capital of Guangdong Province in southern China. ...

Geography

Panyu lies at the heart of the Pearl River Delta, 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 from the cities of Hong Kong and Macao respectively. Map of Pearl River Delta (details) The Pearl River Delta (PRD, Chinese: 珠江三角洲; Mandarin Pinyin: ZhÅ« Jiāng SānjiÇŽozhōu; Cantonese IPA: ; Jyutping: zyu1 gong1 saam1 gok3 zau1), China, occupies the low-lying areas alongside the Pearl River estuary where the river flows into the South China Sea. ... Dongguan (Simplified Chinese: 东莞; Traditional Chinese: 東莞; pinyin: Dōngguān) is an important industrial prefecture-level city in the Pearl River Delta, in the Guangdong Province of southern China. ... Nanhai (南海) is a district of Foshan prefecture-level city, in Guangdong province, southern China. ... Shunde (顺德) is a county town (and a county) in the Pearl River Delta, Guangdong province, southeast China. ... Statue of Sun Yat-sen in Sunwen Memorial Park. ...

Administrative divisions

Panyu is under the jurisdiction of Guangzhou, Guangdong Province in China, administratively rules 16 towns, which includes Shiji, Shawan, Zhongcun, Dashi, Nancun, Xinzhao, Huanong, Shiluo, Langhe, Lingshan, Dagan, Dongchong, Yuwotou, Huangge, Hengli and Wanqinsha, 4 Street Administration Committees, which includes Shiqiao, Shatou, Donghuan and Qiaonan, and also rules Nansha Economic and Technological Development Zone. 305 administration villages are under the jurisdiction of the above-mentioned administrative districts. Dongchong is a suburb Panyu of Guangzhou. ...

History

Economy

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. Collection of Chinese yuan (renminbi) paper currency. ...

Transportation

• Panyu Public Transport

Panyu District Public Transport is a local bus operator in the Panyu District of Guangdong province in China. ...

Tourist attractions

Significant buildings

Major educational institutions

Zhongyuan Middle School[1]

Celebrities

People born or have family links to Panyu:

• Xian Xinghai
• Deng Shichang
• Wang Jingwei
• He Shanhe
• Henry Fok
• Wong Jim
• Edmund Ho
• Hu Hanmin
• Selina Chow

Xian Xinghai at about 23 years old in Shanghai in 1920s. ... Deng Shichang 鄧世昌 Deng Shichang (鄧世昌) (1849 - 17 September 1894) was a famous Chinese admiral during the late Qing Dynasty (清朝) era. ... Wang Jingwei * Courtesy name: Jixin (季新) * Alternate name: Zhaoming (兆銘). Wang Jingwei (Traditional Chinese: 汪精衛; Simplified Chinese: 汪精卫; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Wang Ching-wei) (May 4, 1883 – November 10, 1944), was a Chinese politician. ... Henry Fok Ying Tung Henry Fok Ying Tung (Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: Huò Yīngdōng; 1923 - 2006) was a Hong Kong businessman. ... James Wong Jim (Traditional Chinese: 黃霑; Cantonese Yale: Wong Jim) (February 21, 1940 – November 24, 2004), whose real name was Wong Jum-sum (Traditional Chinese: 黃湛森; Cantonese Yale: Wong Jaam Sum), an alumnus of La Salle College, was best known as a master of Cantopop lyrics in Hong Kong, but was also... Edmund Ho Hau-wah (何厚鏵, pinyin: Hé Hòuhuá; born March, 1955) is the Chief Executive of the Macau Special Administrative Region of the Peoples Republic of China. ... Hu Hanmin (Chinese:胡漢民(trad. ... Selina Chow Liang Shuk-yee, GBS OBE JP (Traditional Chinese: 周梁淑怡) is a current member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong and the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. ...

Links

• Photos of Panyu, courtesy of Vince K. Chan

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