Shenzhen
Shenzhen is a fast-paced city of ambition and enterprise: engineers on the cutting edge of modern technology, hardscrabble farmers coming to the big city in search of a better life, middle managers who dream of someday opening their own factories, designers looking to sell to a global market, and all manner of entrepreneurs from across China.Places of Interest
Highlights include Window of the World and Splendid China Folk Village.
Window of the World
Park
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The Window of the World is a theme park located in the western part of the city of Shenzhen in the People's Republic of China. It has about 130 reproductions of some of the most famous tourist attractions in the world squeezed into 48 hectares.
Splendid China Folk Village
Park
Splendid China Folk Village is a theme park including two areas located in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, People's Republic of China. The park's theme reflects the history, culture, art, ancient architecture, customs and habits of various nationalities.
Happy Valley
Theme park
Photo: 古海岸遗址, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Happy Valley Shenzhen is a theme park in Nanshan District, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. Opened in 1998, it is the first of the Happy Valley theme park chain.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nanshan and Xili Subdistrict.
Nanshan
Photo: 維基小霸王, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Nanshan is a district of Shenzhen. It's a happening place—international artist communities, multiple amusement parks, historic sites, and more. Nanshan district also includes Shekou, on metro line 2, the expat neighborhood with everything Western that you might be accustomed to as well as the main ferry terminal.
Xili Subdistrict
Suburb
Photo: Charlie fong, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Xili, an area of Nanshan District, Shenzhen, South China, covers an area of 46.93 square kilometres, with a population of 210,000 or more, including household population of 19,323. Xili Subdistrict is situated 5 km northwest of Shenzhen.
Shenzhen
- Also known as: “Shenzen” and “Shenzhen Shi”
- Location: Guangdong, South China, China, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
22.5565° or 22° 33′ 24″ northLongitude
113.9859° or 113° 59′ 9″ eastPopulation
10,000,000Elevation
59 metres (194 feet)Open location code
7PJMHX4P+J9GeoNames ID
1795563
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Satellite Map
Discover Shenzhen from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Shenzhen” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “شينزين”
- Belarusian: “Горад Шэньчжэнь”
- Bengali: “শেনচেন”
- Bulgarian: “Шънджън”
- Burmese: “ရှိန်းကျိန့်မြို့”
- Chinese: “深圳”
- Croatian: “Šenžen”
- Czech: “Šen-čen”
- Esperanto: “Ŝenĵeno”
- Greek: “Σενζέν”
- Hakka Chinese: “Chhṳ̂m-chun-sṳ”
- Hebrew: “שנג’ן”
- Hindi: “शेन्झेन”
- Hungarian: “Sencsen”
- Japanese: “深セン”
- Japanese: “深セン市”
- Korean: “선전 시”
- Latvian: “Šeņdžeņa”
- Lithuanian: “Šendženas”
- Malayalam: “ഷെഞ്ജെൻ”
- Marathi: “षेंचेन”
- Panjabi: “ਸ਼ੈਨਜ਼ੈਨ”
- Persian: “شنژن”
- Russian: “Шэньчжэнь”
- Serbian: “Шенџен”
- Slovak: “Šen-čen”
- Tamil: “சென்சென்”
- Telugu: “షెన్జెన్”
- Thai: “เซินเจิ้น”
- Uighur: “شېنجېن شەھىرى”
- Ukrainian: “Шеньчжень”
- Urdu: “شینژین”
- Vietnamese: “Thâm Quyến”
- Western Panjabi: “شینژین”
- Wu Chinese: “深圳市”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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