Guanzhou Island
Guanzhou Island, formerly known in English as Dove Island, is an island in Haizhu District, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China. It is also branded as Guangzhou International Biotech Island since July 2011, forming the centre of Guangzhou's biotech basis.- Type: Quarter with 862 residents
- Description: island in People’s Republic of China
- Also known as: “Guangzhou International Bio Island”, “Guangzhou International Biotech Island”, and “Guanzhou”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Guanzhou and Higher Education Mega Center North.
Guanzhou
Metro station
Photo: Nissangeniss, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Guanzhou Station is an interchange station between Line 4 and Line 12 of the Guangzhou Metro. The Line 4 station started operations on 26 December 2005.
Higher Education Mega Center North
Metro station
Photo: Nissangeniss, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Higher Education Mega Center North Station is an interchange station between Line 4 and Line 12 of the Guangzhou Metro. The Line 4 station started operations on 26 December 2005.
Beishan
Metro station
Photo: Nissangeniss, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Beishan station is a station on Line 12 of the Guangzhou Metro. It is located underground on the southeast side of the intersection of Xinjiao East Road and Keyuan South Road in Haizhu District of Guangzhou. It opened on 29 June 2025.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center and Xiaoguwei.
Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center
Suburb
Photo: Jasonjiang.1998, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, Guangzhou University Town or Guangzhou University City is an area featured by higher education institutions, located on Xiaoguwei Island in Panyu District, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China. Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center is situated 2½ km southeast of Guanzhou Island.
Xiaoguwei
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Xiaoguwei is a suburb, which is situated 3½ km southeast of Guanzhou Island.
Pazhou
Suburb
Photo: Shujianyang, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Pazhou is a subdistrict of Haizhu in southeastern Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, in China. Pazhou Island, formerly Whampoa Island, has a total area of 15 km2 and is the site of Pazhou Pagoda. Pazhou is situated 5 km northwest of Guanzhou Island.
Guanzhou Island
- Categories: island and locality
- Location: Guangzhou Shi, Guangdong, South China, China, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
23.07131° or 23° 4′ 17″ northLongitude
113.37058° or 113° 22′ 14″ eastPopulation
862Elevation
4 metres (13 feet)Open location code
7PMM39CC+G6OpenStreetMap ID
node 12887136210OpenStreetMap feature
place=quarterGeoNames ID
7504592Wikidata ID
Q5478894
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Satellite Map
Discover Guanzhou Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Chinese to Yue Chinese—“Guanzhou Island” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “官洲”
- Chinese: “官洲岛”
- Chinese: “广州国际生物岛”
- Dutch: “Guanzhou”
- French: “Guanzhou”
- German: “Guangzhou International Biotech Island”
- Persian: “جزایر داو”
- Spanish: “Isla Guanzhou”
- Yue Chinese: “官洲”
Localities in the Area
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Highlights include Diecui Garden and Guanzhou Island.
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