Jinshazhou

Jinshazhou (Chinese: 金沙洲) is an island between Guangzhou and Foshan in Guangdong, China. It covers the total area of about 27 square kilometres. Touted as the metropolis of Guangzhou and Foshan, Jinshazhou is located in northwest Guangzhou, with Baisha River on its east, and Lishui (Chinese: 里水), Zhoucun (Chinese: 洲村), Baishacun (Chinese: 白沙村) of Nanhai District, Foshan on its north, west and south.^[1]^[2]

The island is administrated by both Baiyun District of Guangzhou and Huangqi (Chinese: 黄歧) and Lishui of Nanhai District, Foshan. Its western part which belongs to Guangzhou occupies about 1/3 of its total area (i.e. about 9 square kilometres).^[3] This part has been one of the large-scale development zones in Guangzhou.

References

^ "Jinshazhou Project Guangzhou". Archived from the original on 2009-02-07. Retrieved 2009-03-28.
^ Jinshazhou New Residential Area^{[permanent dead link]}
^ 广州诸岛介绍 (Chinese Version) Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine

23°09′03″N 113°12′00″E / 23.15083°N 113.20000°E / 23.15083; 113.20000

[1] "Jinshazhou Project Guangzhou". Archived from the original on 2009-02-07. Retrieved 2009-03-28.

[2] Jinshazhou New Residential Area^{[permanent dead link]}

[3] 广州诸岛介绍 (Chinese Version) Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine

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