title: Fangcun District
text: # Fangcun District
  
  Fangcun District (Chinese: 芳村区; Wade–Giles: $Fang^1tsʻun^1$ Chʻü; Jyutping: fong1 cyun1 keoi1) was a former district in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. It lay to the southwest of Guangzhou's modern downtown area and south of the Pearl River. It was established in 1949 after the Chinese Communist Party took over Guangzhou from the Kuomintang. In 2005, it merged with the Liwan District.
  
  