Guangdong
Pearl River Delta
Shenzhen

Dafen Village

Dafen is a suburb of , Longgang, Shenzhen, in the province of Guangdong, China. Since 1989, the area has been an artists' village for the production of replicas of masterworks and outsourcing of original art creation as a specialised urban cottage industry.
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  • Type: Quarter
  • Description: art village in Shenzhen (China)
  • Also known as: “Da Fen Oil Painting Village”, “Dafen”, “Dafen Community”, “Dafen Oil Painting Village”, and “Dafen oilpainting village”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Dafen Art Museum and Dafen.

Museum
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The is an art museum located in the Dafen Village suburb of in . It was designed by the Chinese architectural firm Urbanus, and was completed in 2007.

Railway station
Photo: 寿司猫, CC BY-SA 3.0.
station is a station on Line 3 of the Shenzhen Metro. It opened on 28 December 2010. It is located on Shenhui Road near Kangda'er Garden and Oil Painting Village.

Railway station
Photo: Snivy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
station is a station on Line 3 of the Shenzhen Metro. It was opened on 28 December 2010. A study published in 2020 found that traffic in both directions from station tends to be congested during peak hours.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Buji Subdistrict and Dongxiao Sub-District.

Suburb
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is a subdistrict of , , , . Located in the northeast part of Shenzhen, it is served by four metro stations and is home to the city's eastern train station, Shenzhen East railway station.

Suburb
The sub-provincial municipality of in , is divided into nine districts and one management new area. Shenzhen is further divided into 74 subdistricts since the latest plan in October 2016. is situated 3½ km southwest of Dafen Village.

Suburb
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The sub-provincial municipality of in , is divided into nine districts and one management new area. Shenzhen is further divided into 74 subdistricts since the latest plan in October 2016. is situated 6 km southwest of Dafen Village.

Dafen Village

Latitude
22.61264° or 22° 36′ 46″ north
Longitude
114.13127° or 114° 7′ 53″ east
Elevation
45 metres (148 feet)
Open location code
7PJPJ47J+3G
Open­Street­Map ID
node 8687309763
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­quarter
Geo­Names ID
7001387
Wiki­data ID
Q1019090
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Spanish—“Dafen Village” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “Dàfēn Shèqū”
  • Chinese: “大芬”
  • Chinese: “大芬村”
  • Chinese: “大芬油畫村”
  • Chinese: “大芬社区”
  • Dutch: “Dafen”
  • French: “Dafen”
  • French: “Village de la peinture à l’huile”
  • German: “Dafen”
  • Japanese: “大芬村”
  • Spanish: “Dafen”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Dafen Village”. Photo: Renek78, CC0.