Longhua, Shenzhen

Longhua, Shenzhen
Longhua, Shenzhen
Simplified Chinese	龙华区
Traditional Chinese	龍華區
Guangdong Romanization	lung4 wa4 sen1 kêu1
Hanyu Pinyin	Lónghuá Xīn Qū
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Lónghuá Xīn Qū
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	Lùhngwàh Sān Kēui
Jyutping	lung4 waa4 san1 keoi1
Canton Romanization	lung4 wa4 sen1 kêu1
Alternative Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	龙华
Traditional Chinese	龍華
Guangdong Romanization	lung4 wa4
Hanyu Pinyin	Lónghuá
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Lónghuá
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	Lùhngwàh
Jyutping	lung4 waa4
Canton Romanization	lung4 wa4

Longhua

龙华区
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	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Website	http://www.szlhxq.gov.cn

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:

Lvjing 1866 - built by China LVGEM Property Holdings Limited (HKEX:0095)
Lvjing Xiangsong - built by China LVGEM Property Holdings Limited (HKEX:0095)
Shuixiechuntian - built by Top Spring International Holdings Limited (HKEX:3688)

References

^ Hong Kong Government. "Shenzhen to develop two new zones". Retrieved 31 January 2012.
^ ^a ^b Sina. "国务院批复同意设立深圳市龙华区和坪山区". Retrieved 11 October 2016.
^ http://news.sina.com.cn/o/2016-05-10/doc-ifxryahs0622554.shtml
^ 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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ "航拍龙华新区上油松十大旧改项目". sznews.com. 2016-01-13. Retrieved 2016-01-13.

External links

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[1] Hong Kong Government. "Shenzhen to develop two new zones". Retrieved 31 January 2012.

[district-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] ttp://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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[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.

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