Nan’ao County
Nan'ao, formerly romanized Namoa, is an island and county of the prefecture-level city of Shantou in Guangdong Province, China. The county spans a land area of 114.74 square kilometres, and sea area of 4,600 square kilometres.Photo: wanghongliu, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: City with 43,500 residents
- Description: island and county in People’s Republic of China
- Also known as: “Hou-chai”, “Hou-chai-chen”, “Houzhai”, “Houzhai Zhen”, “Lung-ao”, “Nan’ao”, “Nanao Tao”, “Nangoa”, and “后宅镇”
Nan’ao County
- Categories: county of China and locality
- Location: Shantou, Chaoshan, Guangdong, South China, China, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
23.42402° or 23° 25′ 27″ northLongitude
117.01897° or 117° 1′ 8″ eastPopulation
43,500Elevation
11 metres (36 feet)Open location code
7PMVC2F9+JHOpenStreetMap ID
node 244081436OpenStreetMap feature
place=cityGeoNames ID
1807769Wikidata ID
Q1374598
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Satellite Map
Discover Nan’ao County from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Chinese to Yue Chinese—“Nan’ao County” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “Lâm-ò-koān”
- Chinese: “Nán’ào Xiàn”
- Chinese: “南澳”
- Chinese: “南澳县”
- Chinese: “南澳島”
- Chinese: “南澳廳”
- Chinese: “南澳縣”
- Chinese: “后宅”
- Dutch: “Nan’ao”
- French: “Comte de Nan’ao”
- French: “Comté de nan’ao”
- French: “Nan’ao”
- French: “xian de Nan’ao”
- French: “Xian de Nan’ao”
- Gan Chinese: “南澳县”
- German: “Nan’ao”
- Hakka Chinese: “Nàm-au-yen”
- Hakka Chinese: “Nàm-àu-yen”
- Italian: “Contea di Nan’ao”
- Italian: “Nan’ao”
- Japanese: “南澳県”
- Korean: “난아오현”
- Min Dong Chinese: “Nàng-ó̤-gâing”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Lâm-ò-koān”
- Mirandese: “Nan’ao”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Nan’ao”
- Norwegian: “Nan’ao”
- Persian: “شهرستان نانائو”
- Persian: “ناناو”
- Portuguese: “Comarca de Nan’ao”
- Portuguese: “Nanao”
- Russian: “Наньао”
- Spanish: “Nan’ao”
- Swedish: “Nan’ao”
- Vietnamese: “Nam Áo”
- Wu Chinese: “南澳县”
- Yue Chinese: “南澳”
- Yue Chinese: “南澳廳”
- Yue Chinese: “南澳縣”
- Yue Chinese: “南澳鎮”
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