Longhua District, Shenzhen

Not to be confused with Longhua District, Haikou.
Longhua
龙华区
District

Typical new real estate establishments in Longhua

Longhua (highlighted in yellow) in Shenzhen
Country China
Province Guangdong
Prefecture Shenzhen
Area
 • Total 175 km2 (68 sq mi)
Population (2010)
 • Total 1,379,000
 • Density 7,900/km2 (20,000/sq mi)
Time zone China Standard (UTC+8)
Website http://www.szlhxq.gov.cn
Longhua District, Shenzhen
Simplified Chinese 龙华区
Traditional Chinese 龍華區
Canton Romanization lung4 wa4 sen1 kêu1
Hanyu Pinyin Lónghuá Xīn Qū
Alternative Chinese name
Simplified Chinese 龙华
Traditional Chinese 龍華
Canton Romanization lung4 wa4
Hanyu Pinyin Lónghuá

Longhua District is a district in Shenzhen, Guangdong, People's Republic of China. It was created as a new district on 30 December 2011,[1] and became a district on 11 October 2016.[2]

History

Longhua was established as a new district on 30 December 2011 by the Shenzhen municipal government, being separated from Bao'an District. It was one of the four "new districts" established within Shenzhen (Longhua New District, Guangming New District, Pingshan New District and Dapeng New District, due the rapid expansion of city urban area after 2000s. [3] It was still part of Bao'an District in administrative management. On 11 October 2016, Longhua was official separated from Bao'an District and became a district itself.[2]

Subdistricts

Name Chinese (S) Hanyu Pinyin Canton Romanization Population (2010)[4] Area (km2)
Longhua Subdistrict 龙华街道 Lónghuá Jiēdào lung4 wa4 gai1 dou6 367,521 24.80
Minzhi Subdistrict 民治街道 Mínzhì Jiēdào men4 ji6 gai1 dou6 281,652 30.69
Dalang Subdistrict 大浪街道 Dàlàng Jiēdào dai6 long6 gai1 dou6 277,689 37.20
Guanlan Subdistrict 观澜街道 Guānlán Jiēdào gun1 lan4 gai1 dou6 452,598 34.60
Fucheng Subdistrict 福城街道 Fúchéng Jiēdào fug1 xing4 gai1 dou6
Guanhu Subdistrict 观湖街道 Guānhú Jiēdào gun1 wu4 gai1 dou6

Geography

By the end of 2012, Longhua New District covered an area of 175.58 square kilometres. The new district is situated in the north part of Shenzhen city, and lying on the middle vertical main axis of the city, being just north of the Futian CBD, Shenzhen. It borders Dongguan City to the north.

Economy

Longhua New District is one of the main production bases in Shenzhen. It consists of manufacturing industry, trading industries and information technology. Altogether forms an outward economic structure which is typical in Shenzhen Special Economic Zone.

Transportation

Due to the strategic location of Longhua, it is considered as a main transportation hub within the city. It houses the Shenzhen North Railway Station, which is a high-speed railway station of the Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Express Rail Link to be inaugurated in phases between 2011 and 2018. It will connect Beijing, the capital city of China, and Hong Kong (Kowloon) via Guangzhou and Shenzhen. Right now the station is also operating intercity rail services and also an intra-city metro station.

Property Development

A large part of Longhua New District has also been heavily developed into a high end residential area, with recent property developments established on a mostly undeveloped land surrounding the Shenzhen North Railway Station. Parts of the old industrial areas in the district are also planned to be demolished and restructured into more residential area to cope with the rapid expansion of population in the disctict.[5]

List of Private housing estates in Longhua Longhua is an area with a high density of Private housing estates. Some of the larger private housing estates in Longhua are:


See also

References

  1. ↑ Hong Kong Government. "Shenzhen to develop two new zones". Retrieved 31 January 2012.
  2. 1 2 Sina. "国务院批复同意设立深圳市龙华区和坪山区". Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  3. ↑ http://news.sina.com.cn/o/2016-05-10/doc-ifxryahs0622554.shtml
  4. ↑ shi, Guo wu yuan ren kou pu cha ban gong; council, Guo jia tong ji ju ren kou he jiu ye tong ji si bian = Tabulation on the 2010 population census of the people's republic of China by township / compiled by Population census office under the state; population, Department of; statistics, employment statistics national bureau of (2012). Zhongguo 2010 nian ren kou pu cha fen xiang, zhen, jie dao zi liao (Di 1 ban. ed.). Beijing Shi: Zhongguo tong ji chu ban she. ISBN 978-7-5037-6660-2.
  5. ↑ "航拍龙华新区上油松十大旧改项目". sznews.com. 2016-01-13. Retrieved 2016-01-13.

Coordinates: 22°39′26.58″N 114°0′58.47″E / 22.6573833°N 114.0162417°E / 22.6573833; 114.0162417


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