Bao'an County

Bao'an County
寶安縣, 宝安县
County of China
331–1979

Location of Bao'an County within modern Shenzhen (in purple).
CapitalNantou
History 
• Established
331
• Separation from Dongguan County
1573
29 August 1842
• Renamed to Shenzhen
23 January 1979
• Bao'an District established
1 January 1993
Succeeded by
Tamão
British Hong Kong
Dongguan
Shenzhen
Today part ofPeople's Republic of China (Mainland) Hong Kong
Bao'an County
Traditional Chinese寶安縣
Simplified Chinese宝安县
PostalPoon County
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinBǎo'ān Xiàn
Wade–GilesPao3-an1 Hsien4
Hakka
RomanizationBau3on1 Hien4
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationBóu ōn yuhn
JyutpingBou2 on1 jyun6
Xin'an County
Traditional Chinese新安縣
Simplified Chinese新安县
PostalSunon County
Literal meaningNew peace
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXīn'ān Xiàn
Wade–GilesHsin1-an1 Hsien4
Hakka
RomanizationSin1on1 Hien4
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationSan1 on1 jyun6
JyutpingSān ōn yuhn

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.


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