Whampoa Explained

Whampoa is a romanisation of Chinese: {{linktext|黃埔 / Chinese: {{linktext|黄埔, and may refer to:

Mainland China

• Huangpu District, Guangzhou
• Pazhou, an island known historically as Whampoa
• Whampoa anchorage, the intermediate way station between Macao and Guangzhou
• Whampoa Military Academy, a military academy of the Republic of China in Guangzhou
• Whampoa Pagoda, in Guangzhou
• Treaty of Whampoa, a commercial treaty between France and China, concluded in 1844

Hong Kong

• Whampoa Dock, a Hong Kong dockyard operated in the Crown Colony of Hong Kong from 1863–1979
• Whampoa Garden, a private housing estate built in the 1980s located on part of the former site of the dock
• Whampoa station, terminal station on the Kwun Tong line of the MTR in Hong Kong
• Hutchison Whampoa, a Hong Kong conglomerate, the eventual owner of the Whampoa Dock, Whampoa Garden, A.S. Watson & Co., Superdrug, and Hutchison 3G

Singapore

• Whampoa, Singapore, a housing estate located in the district of Novena
• Hoo Ah Kay, a prominent 19th century Singaporean businessman and community leader.
• Whampoa Single Member Constituency, a former constituency represented by Heng Chee How that contains the housing estate of Whampoa along with other areas

See also

• Huangpu (disambiguation), the pinyin romanisation of the same Chinese characters