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Shenzhen

city in China
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Summary

Shenzhen is a sub-province-level division[1]. Shenzhen draws 30,634 Wikipedia views per month (sub province level division category, ranking #2 of 14).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: Creative Cities Network[3]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Guangdong[4]
  • Country: People's Republic of China[5]
  • Head of government: Chen Rugui[6]
  • Continent: Asia[7]
  • Instance of: city[8], big city[9], prefecture-level city[10], city specifically designated in the state plan[11], megacity[12], global city[13], special economic zone[14]
  • Capital: Futian District[15]
  • Official language: Chinese[16]
  • Shares border with: Dongguan[17], Hong Kong[18], Guangzhou[19]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Futian District[20], Luohu District[21], Nanshan District[22], Yantian District[23], Bao'an District[24], Longgang District[25], Guangming District[26], Pingshan District[27], Longhua District[28], Dapeng New District[29], Shenshan Special Cooperation Zone[30]
  • Twinned administrative body: Poznań[31], Haifa[32], Timișoara[33], Nuremberg[34], Brisbane[35], Kingston[36], Lomé[37], Tsukuba[38], Houston[39], Brescia[40], Turin[41], Luxor[42], Metepec[43], Bogor[44]
  • Legislative body: Shenzhen Municipal People's Congress[45]
  • Executive body: Shenzhen Municipal People's Government[46]
  • Postal code: 518000[47]
  • Part of: Pearl River Delta[48]
  • Commons category: Shenzhen[49]
  • Licence plate code: 粤B[50]
  • Located in time zone: UTC+08:00[51]
  • Local dialing code: 755[52]
  • Inception: 1979[53]
  • Official website: http://www.sz.gov.cn[54]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Shenzhen[55]
  • Commons gallery: 深圳[56]

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Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Shenzhen include Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport[57], an international airport[58], in People's Republic of China[59], founded in 1991[60].

Why It Matters

Shenzhen has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[61] Shenzhen is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[62]

Entities named for Shenzhen include Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport[57], an international airport[58], in People's Republic of China[59], founded in 1991[60].

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [57] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [58] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [59] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [60] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [61] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [62] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10w ago · VIGNERON · 2026-08-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → UTC+08:00
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