| Bao'an County 寶安縣, 宝安县 | |||||||||||||
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| County of China | |||||||||||||
| 331–1979 | |||||||||||||
 Location of Bao'an County within modern Shenzhen (in purple). | |||||||||||||
| Capital | Nantou | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
• Established | 331 | ||||||||||||
• Separation from Dongguan County | 1573 | ||||||||||||
| 29 August 1842 | |||||||||||||
• Renamed to Shenzhen | 23 January 1979 | ||||||||||||
• Bao'an District established | 1 January 1993 | ||||||||||||
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| Today part of | People's Republic of China (Mainland) Hong Kong | ||||||||||||
| Bao'an County | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 寶安縣 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 宝安县 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Postal | Poon County | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Xin'an County | |||||||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 新安縣 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 新安县 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Postal | Sunon County | ||||||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | New peace | ||||||||||||||||||
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Bao'an County, formerly named Xin'an County, was a historical county in South China. It roughly follows the administrative boundaries of modern-day Hong Kong and the city of Shenzhen. For most of its history, the administrative center of the county was in Nantou.