Luohu
罗湖区 | |
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Country | China |
Province | Guangdong |
Sub-provincial city | Shenzhen |
Area | |
• Total | 78.89 km2 (30.46 sq mi) |
Population (2020[1]) | 1,143,801 |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Luohu, Shenzhen | |||||||||||||||||
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Simplified Chinese | 罗湖 | ||||||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 羅湖 | ||||||||||||||||
Literal meaning | Shell Lake (refers to a mountain) | ||||||||||||||||
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Luohu District is a district of Shenzhen, China, located north of the New Territories of Hong Kong, east of Futian District, southeast of Longgang District, southwest of Pingshan District, and west of Yantian District. It is one of the oldest parts of the city, having represented[clarification needed] Shenzhen as a fishing village before 1953 and a market town from 1953 to 1979, when Bao'an County was promoted to a prefecture-level city and renamed Shenzhen.[2][3][4]