Shamian
Shamian is a sandbank island in the Liwan District of Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. The island's name literally means "sandy surface" in Chinese. The territory was divided into two concessions given to France and the United Kingdom by the Qing government in the 19th century.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Locality
- Description: island
- Also known as: “Shameen” and “Shameen Island”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of Our Lady of Lourdes and Shamian Christian Church.
Church of Our Lady of Lourdes
Church
Photo: Anthony Hartman, CC BY 2.0.
The Our Lady of Lourdes Chapel, Shamian Island is a 20th-century gothic church. It is located in Shamian, Liwan District of Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Shamian Christian Church
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Shamian Christian Church is a Protestant church located in Shamian, Liwan District of Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Huangsha
Railway station
Photo: TimWu007, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Huangsha station is an interchange station between Line 1 and Line 6 of the Guangzhou Metro, and was the first Line 1 station to have platform screen doors installed.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Huadi Subdistrict and Renmin.
Huadi Subdistrict
Suburb
Huadi Subdistrict is a subdistrict of Liwan District, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China. As of 2020, it has 8 residential communities under its administration.
Renmin
Suburb
Renmin Subdistrict is a subdistrict of the Yuexiu District in Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, southern China. As of 2020, it administers the following 15 residential neighborhoods: Shijiangjun, Dadezhong, Daxinzhong, Yudaihao, Sanfuqian, Zhuangyuanfang and Yidexi were administered by Daxin Subdistrict before it was abolished in 2013.
Jinhua
Suburb
Jinhua Subdistrict is a subdistrict in Liwan District, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China.
Shamian
- Category: island
- Location: Guangzhou Shi, Guangdong, South China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
Discover Shamian from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Chinese to Yue Chinese—“Shamian” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “拾翠洲”
- Chinese: “沙面”
- Chinese: “沙面岛”
- French: “Chamine”
- French: “île de Shamian”
- French: “Île de Shamian”
- German: “Shamian”
- Italian: “Shamian”
- Japanese: “沙面島”
- Latin: “Shamian”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Shamian”
- Norwegian: “Shamian”
- Portuguese: “Shamian”
- Russian: “Шамянь”
- Spanish: “Isla Shamian”
- Turkish: “Şamian Adası”
- Vietnamese: “Sa Diện”
- Yue Chinese: “沙面”
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