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Hongshuwan South station

metro station in Shenzhen, China

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 24, 2026
Entity authorityQ25339724 ↗
Source-derived summary

Hongshuwan South station (simplified Chinese: 红树湾南站; traditional Chinese: 紅樹灣南站; pinyin: Hóngshùwān Nán Zhàn; Jyutping: Hung4 Syu6 Waan1 Naam4 Zaam6; lit. 'Mangrove Bay South station') is an interchange station for Line 9 and Line 11 of the Shenzhen Metro. It was opened on 28 June 2016 with Line 11, whilst Line 9 was opened on 28 October 2016.

Station layout

Exits

There are nine entrances and exits to this site.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Hongshuwan South station” is metro station in Shenzhen, China. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Hongshuwan, South and station, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA strong orientation record where physical form, institutional use and historical geography need to be read together. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2016—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, Hongshuwan, South and station is the immediate research focus.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The phrase “metro station in Shenzhen, China” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 24, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q25339724. The first chronological checks are 2016.

Critical limits

A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. 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 “Hongshuwan South station”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Hongshuwan South station primary sources, Hongshuwan South station archive and Hongshuwan 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 “Hongshuwan South station”?
  2. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
  3. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Hongshuwan South station” 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.