Nansha District


Nansha District and Nansha New Area is one of 11 urban districts and a state-level new area of the prefecture-level city of Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong Province, China. It is the home of the present-day port of Guangzhou, as well as the Nansha Wetland Park.
The Nansha Technology Development Zone was carved out of Panyu District in 1993. In 2005, it was named Nansha District. In September 2012, Nansha was designated a State-level New Area as Nansha New Area, the sixth such area.

New area

Nansha is the newly established state-level new area under the direct control of Guangzhou Municipal Government on September 2012.
On September 2012 Nansha New Area was approved by the State Council of China's Central Government as the sixth state-level new area, which is also the first state-level new development area in South Central China.

Administrative divisions

Transportation

Metro

Nansha is currently served by one metro line operated by Guangzhou Metro: