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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Suburb 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.
National Supercomputing Center in GuangZhou
University building
Photo: O01326, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The National Supercomputer Center in Guangzhou houses Tianhe-2, which is currently the seventh fastest supercomputer in the world, with a measured 33.86 petaflop/s.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center and Xiaoguwei Sub-District.
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 Sub-District
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Xiaoguwei Sub-District is a suburb, which is situated 3½ km southeast of Guanzhou Island.
Guangzhou International Financial City
Suburb
Photo: TimWu007, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Guangzhou International Financial City is a suburb, which is situated 5 km north 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=suburbGeoNames 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”
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