Tianhe District is one of the eleven districts of Guangzhou in the province of Guangdong. In Chinese, the name Tianhe literally means "a river in the sky/heavens", which is also a Chinese name for the Milky Way. It is bordered by Yuexiu District on the west, Baiyun District on the north and Huangpu District on the east. Haizhu District is on its south, though they are separated by the Pearl River. Tianhe became a district in the 1980s as the city expanded its size. Back then, it was east of Dongshan District (which was merged into Yuexiu in 2005) and it was more suburban like if not rural like. Even though a majority of colleges and universities in the city were located in the district, the rest of the district was mostly composed of rice fields. Symbolic landmarks of Guangzhou located in Tianhe District are: Citic Plaza (simplified chinese: 中信大厦; traditional chinese: 中信大廈), Guangzhou International Finance Center (simplified chinese: 广州国际金融中心，西塔; traditional chinese: 廣州國際金融中心，西塔), Guangzhou Opera House (simplified chinese: 广州大剧院; traditional chinese: 廣州大劇院); and Guangdong Museum (simplified chinese: 广东博物馆; traditional chinese: 廣東博物館), etc. A lot of good colleges and universities are also located in Tianhe District, such as: South China University of Technology (simplified chinese: 华南理工大学; traditional chinese: 華南理工大學), Jinan University (simplified chinese: 暨南大学; traditional chinese: 暨南大學), South China Normal University (simplified chinese: 华南师范大学; traditional chinese: 華南師範大學), and South China Agricultural University (simplified chinese: 华南农业大学; traditional chinese: 華南農業大學), etc. The 6th and 9th of The National Games of the People's Republic of China, and the 2010 Asian Games were also held in Tianhe District, Guangzhou.