Haizhu

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Location of Haizhu District within Guangzhou City

Haizhu ( Chinese  海珠區  /  海珠区 , Pinyin Hǎizhū Qū ) is a municipality in the Chinese city ​​of Guangzhou . It is located south of the Pearl River and has an area of ​​102 km². In 2001 it had about 820,000 inhabitants.

Administrative structure

Haizhu is divided into 18 street districts.

residential area
High-rise buildings on the Pearl River

population

In the 2000 census, Haizhu still had 1,237,273 residents.

Name of the people Residents proportion of
Han 1,225,417 99.04%
Zhuang 4,735 0.38%
Hui 1,437 0.12%
Manchu 1.102 0.09%
Yao 1,089 0.09%
Miao 976 0.08%
Tujia 807 0.07%
Dong 345 0.03%
Mongols 239 0.02%
Li 184 0.01%
She 169 0.01%
Others 773 0.06%

Infrastructure

Guangzhou Metro Line 2 goes through Haizhu. Your final stop in Pazhou is also in Haizhu.

The Pazhou International Convention and Exhibition Center is located in Haizhu . It was built a few years after the turn of the millennium and is 10.5 km² in size. It is one of the two places in Guangzhou where the Chinese Export Commodities Fair (also Canton Fair ) takes place.

education

Sun Yat-sen University

Haizhu is home to the Sun Yat-sen University and the Guangzhou Fine Arts Academy . The former is one of the ten best universities in the People's Republic of China .

Attractions

The Former Seat of the Generalissimo of the Military Government (孫中山 大元帥 府 紀念館) in Haizhu is on the list of monuments of the People's Republic of China .

Web links

Commons : Haizhu District  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 23 ° 5 '  N , 113 ° 20'  E