Shamian
Shamian is a suburb in Guangzhou Shi, Guangdong and has about 3,180 residents. Shamian is situated nearby to the suburb Lingnan, as well as near Nanhuaxi.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Suburb with 3,180 residents
- Description: subdistrict of Liwan District, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
- Also known as: “Shamian Subdistrict”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of Our Lady of Lourdes and Canton Custom House.
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.
Cultural Park
Metro station
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Cultural Park station is an interchange station between Line 6 and Line 8 of the Guangzhou Metro. It is located underground in the Liwan District and started operation on 28 December 2013.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Guangzhou and Liwan.
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.
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.
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
- Categories: subdistrict in China and locality
- Location: Guangzhou Shi, Guangdong, South China, China, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
23.10994° or 23° 6′ 36″ northLongitude
113.24295° or 113° 14′ 35″ eastPopulation
3,180Open location code
7PMM465V+X5OpenStreetMap ID
node 6384507893OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbWikidata ID
Q7223582
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Yue Chinese—“Shamian” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “沙面街道”
- French: “sous-district de Shamian”
- French: “Sous-district de Shamian”
- Gan Chinese: “沙面街道”
- Wu Chinese: “沙面街道”
- Yue Chinese: “沙面街道”
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Notable Places Nearby
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