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Tianhe District

Tianhe
天河区
District
Zhujiang New Town
  Tianhe in Guangzhou
  Tianhe in Guangzhou
Country China
Region Guangzhou
Area
 • Total 96.33 km2 (37.19 sq mi)
Population (2014)
 • Total 1,506,100
 • Density 16,000/km2 (40,000/sq mi)
Time zone China Standard (UTC+8)
Postal code 510630
Area code(s) 020
Website http://www.thnet.gov.cn/
Tianhe District
Simplified Chinese 天河区
Traditional Chinese 天河區
Canton Romanization Tin1ho4 Kêu1
Hanyu Pinyin Tīanhé Qū
Alternative Chinese name
Chinese 天河
Canton Romanization Tin1ho4
Hanyu Pinyin Tīanhé

Tianhe District is one of the eleven districts in Guangzhou, People's Republic of China. In Chinese, the name Tianhe literally means "a river in the sky", which is also a Chinese name for the Milky Way. It is bordered by Yuexiu District on the west, Baiyun District on the north and Huangpu District on the east. Haizhu District is on its south, though they are separated by the Pearl River.

Tianhe became a district in the 1980s as the city expanded its size. Back then, it was east of Dongshan District (which was merged into Yuexiu in 2005) and it was more suburban like if not rural like. Even though a majority of colleges and universities in the city were located in the district, the rest of the district was mostly composed of rice fields.

Prehistoric population settled in what is now Longdongcun (龙洞村) in the Neolithic Period.Eastern Han tombs were discovered in Tianhe. During the Song Dynasty, Tianhe area was called Dashuixu (大水墟, lit. "large river town").

The area of modern Tianhe District was part of Panyu County for more than two thousand years. The area was gradually put under Guangzhou's administration between 1937 and 1958. By the liberation of Guangzhou (October 1949), there were two districts in Tianhe area, namely Shahe (沙河区) and Shipai (石牌区). In 1951 both districts were merged into the newly established Baiyun District, while five years later Baiyun was further merged with Huangpu and Xinjiao Districts to form Jiaoqu (郊区; lit. "suburban district"). In 1960 Jiaoqu was dissolved and the area consisting of modern Tianhe became Huangpu District, however it was reestablished two years later. In 1985 part of Jiaoqu was split, and Tianhe District was established then.


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