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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality
- Description: island
- Also known as: “Shameen” and “Shameen Island”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Consulate General of Poland and Church of Our Lady of Lourdes.
Consulate General of Poland
Government office
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Consulate General of Poland is a government office.
Church of Our Lady of Lourdes
Church
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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
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Shamian Christian Church is a Protestant church located in Shamian, Liwan District of Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Liwan and Guangzhou.
Liwan
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Liwan District is one of 11 urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong province, China. The district is split into two parts by the Pearl River: Xiguan in the northeast and Fangcun in the southwest.
Guangzhou
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Guangzhou is the capital of Guangdong Province in southern China. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 18.7 million, making it China's fourth-largest city after Chongqing, Shanghai and Beijing.
Yuexiu
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Yuexiu is a central district in Guangzhou. The old walled city of Guangzhou was here, though it has been mostly redeveloped. Yuexiu is now the political and cultural center of Guangzhou, with many museums, holy sites, and urban parks.
Shamian
- Category: island
- Location: Guangzhou Shi, Guangdong, South China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
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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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Notable Places Nearby
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