Panyu is one of the oldest continuously named places in China - established as a county in 214 BCE by the Qin dynasty, it was the capital of the Nanyue Kingdom (南越国) under Zhao Tuo. Today it is a southern district of Guangzhou.
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番 here is read Pān, not fān. As a placename character it keeps this archaic reading; reading it fānyú is a common tell that a speaker doesn't know the local name.
