Nandu

Nandu

Nandu is a city located in China. The settlement is situated within the administrative region of Guangxi at latitude 22.8525 and longitude 110.82333.

Demographic footprint and administrative metrics

• Population total: 61,881 residents
• Timezone: Asia/Shanghai
• Currency: CNY

Linguistic diversity

The population communicates utilizing multiple linguistic traditions, officially encompassing zh-CN, yue, wuu, dta, ug, and za.

Geographic and cultural nomenclature

The toponym Nandu applies across various contexts documented in the GeoNames record for Nandu and related sources. Historically, Chengdu in Sichuan, China, was known as Southern Capital or Nandu during the early Tang dynasty. Similarly, Jiangling County in Hubei, China, was formerly known as Southern Capital or Nandu during the later Tang dynasty. Additional geographical entities sharing the designation include the Nandu River in Hainan province, China, and a village named Nandu located in southern Kaduna state, Nigeria.

Beyond human settlements and waterways, the term references several distinct cultural and historical subjects:

• Ñandú, a native South American name for any of three species of Rhea
• A 1981 Tamil film titled Nandu
• Ñandú, a 1940s all-terrain military vehicle
• Southern Metropolis Daily, frequently shortened to Nandu
• An Argentine Air Force flight that attacked the British fleet in the Battle of San Carlos during the 1982 Falklands War

The name is also borne by notable figures, including Indian singer Nandu Bhende, Indian badminton player Nandu M. Natekar, alongside film actors from Malayalam and Telugu cinema.