Whampoa anchorage
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| Hanyu Pinyin | Pázhōu Jiēdào |
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| Hanyu Pinyin | Pázhōudǎo |
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Whampoa, from Dane's Island (a. 1858)
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Pazhou is a subdistrict of Haizhu in southeastern Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, in China.
Pazhou Island, formerly Whampoa Island, has a total area of 15 km2 (5.8 sq mi) It is the site of Whampoa Pagoda. Its eastern bay was formerly the chief anchorage for ships participating in Guangzhou's foreign trade. Traders from the "Southern Sea", including Indians, Arabians, and most Europeans, were required to keep their ships at Pazhou while smaller craft ferried goods to and from the Thirteen Factories area of Guangzhou's western suburbs. Traders rented storage for ships supplies and repair shops on Whampoa Island. Images of the anchorage were a common theme in 18th-century art.
With the expansion of Guangzhou, the subdistrict is now part of its downtown area, with many commercial and recreational facilities. The Guangzhou International Convention and Exhibition Center is the current site of the annual Canton Fair.
The English, French, and Danish Whampoa and Swedish Wampoa are irregular romanizations of the Chinese Huangpu, "Yellow Bank". The name was used to refer indifferently to the island, its settlement, and its anchorage.
Modern Pazhou is an island in the Pearl River with an area of about 15 km2 (5.8 sq mi). It lies 25 miles (40 km) upriver of the Humen Strait and historically about 12 miles (19 km) east of the walled city of Guangzhou proper, although Guangzhou has since expanded so greatly that Puzhou forms part of its city center. Since the Thirteen Factories—the ghetto assigned to foreign traders n the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries—was located in Guangzhou's western suburbs, the trip between the anchorage and the wharves at Jack-ass Point was about 16 miles (26 km).
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