Whampoa

Whampoa is the old English transliteration of Huangpu District, Guangzhou, in China.

From there, it derives its other meanings, and can also refer to:

  • Relating to the Whampoa district:
    • Whampoa anchorage, the intermediate way station between Macau and Guangzhou
    • Whampoa Military Academy, a military academy of the Republic of China in Guangzhou
    • Whampoa Pagoda, an ancient structure in Guangzhou
    • Treaty of Whampoa, a commercial treaty between France and China concluded in 1844
  • In Hong Kong:
    • Whampoa Dock, a Hong Kong dockyard
    • Whampoa Garden, private housing estate located in Hong Kong on part of the former site of the dock
    • Hutchison Whampoa, Hong Kong company, eventual owner of the Whampoa Dock
    • Whampoa Station, a proposed terminal station on the Kwun Tong Line of the MTR in Hong Kong
  • Shanghai
    • Huangpu River, formerly known in English as the Whampoa
  • In other places:
    • Whampoa, Singapore - a district of the city
    • Whampoa Single Member Constituency, Singapore, a constituency represented by Heng Chee How that contains the Whampoa, Singapore district plus some other areas