Nansha

Nansha (南沙, p Nánshā, lit. "Southern Sands") may refer to the following places in China:

Spratly Islands

• Spratly Islands, disputed territory called the "Nansha Islands" in Chinese (simplified Chinese: 南沙群岛; traditional Chinese: 南沙群島; pinyin: Nánshā Qúndǎo)

Guangzhou

• Nansha District (simplified Chinese: 南沙区; traditional Chinese: 南沙區; pinyin: Nánshā Qū) in Guangzhou, formed from Panyu District in 2005
• Nansha Subdistrict (pinyin: Nánshā Jiēdào) in Guangzhou's Nansha District
• the Nansha Metro Line, properly Line 4, Guangzhou Metro (simplified Chinese: 南沙线; traditional Chinese: 南沙線; pinyin: Nánshā Xiàn)
• S105 Nansha Port Expressway (Chinese: 南沙港快速路; pinyin: Nánshāgǎng Kuàisùlù) in Guangzhou
• Nansha New Area (simplified Chinese: 南沙新区; traditional Chinese: 南沙新區; pinyin: Nánshā Xīnqū), a special development zone in Guangzhou established in 2012

Other places

• Jiang Tingxi, who used Nansha as one of his pseudonyms
• Adenophora stricta, known in Chinese as "Nansha Ginseng"

See also

• Jiuduansha or Jiangya Nansha, one of the shoals of Jiuduansha off Shanghai in the East China Sea
• Chongming Island#History for Nansha a former island in the Yangtze estuary now forming part of Chongming Island in Shanghai
• Nanshan Island, a member of the Spratlys administered by the Philippines as "Lawak"
• Saori Minami (Template:Lang-ja)