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Guangta Subdistrict, Guangzhou

subdistrict of Yuexiu District, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 7, 2026
Entity authorityQ7257521 ↗
Source-derived summary

Guangta is a subdistrict of the Yuexiu District in Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, southern China.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Guangta Subdistrict, Guangzhou” as subdistrict of Yuexiu District, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Guangta, Subdistrict and Guangzhou.

Editorial reviewA strong orientation record where physical form, institutional use and historical geography need to be read together. The current 15-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Guangta, Subdistrict and Guangzhou providing the first useful test.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Guangta Subdistrict, Guangzhou”, the useful work is to connect “subdistrict of Yuexiu District, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 7, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7257521. Authority coordinates are 23.126, 113.255. None of the 2 selected statements returned an explicit reference.

Critical limits

Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Guangta Subdistrict, Guangzhou”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Guangta Subdistrict, Guangzhou primary sources, Guangta Subdistrict, Guangzhou archive and Guangta research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Guangta Subdistrict, Guangzhou”?
  2. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
  3. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Guangta Subdistrict, Guangzhou” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.