Huanggu, Shenyang Explained

Huanggu
Settlement Type:District
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:110031~110036
Pushpin Map:China Liaoning
Pushpin Label:Huanggu
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Liaoning
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:People's Republic of China
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Liaoning
Subdivision Type2:Sub-provincial city
Subdivision Name2:Shenyang
Subdivision Type3:Subdivisions
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:66
Population Total:925176
Population As Of:2010
Population Density Km2:auto
Coordinates:41.8547°N 123.4195°W
Timezone:China Standard
Utc Offset:+8
Blank Name Sec1:Shenyang district map

Huanggu District is one of ten districts of the prefecture-level city of Shenyang, the capital of the Chinese province of Liaoning. It borders Shenbei New Area to the north, Dadong to the east, Shenhe to the southeast, Heping to the south, Tiexi to the southwest, and Yuhong to the west.

Toponymy

The district is named after Huanggutun ("tun" means village), where the Huanggutun Incident of 1928 took place. Although the Chinese characters used to write the name of the district mean "royal aunt", the name is actually a transliteration of (1605–1643), the Manchu Prince Jian of the First Rank whose tomb was in the area.

T:皇姑區
S:皇姑区
P:Huánggū Qū
Order:st
L:Royal aunt

Politics

Huanggu District hosts the seat of the Provincial Government of Liaoning.

Administrative divisions

Huanggu has twelve subdistricts:[2]

Education

The main campus of the Liaoning University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (LNUTCM) is in this district.[3]

Visitor attractions

The district is the site of Beiling park, the large historical mausoleum of Qing dynasty emperor Huang Taiji, as well as the Liaoning Mansion Hotel.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: zh:分地区土地面积和人口密度 (2012年末). http://www.sysinet.gov.cn/web/tjnianjian/2013sy/01%E7%BB%BC%E5%90%88/01%E7%BB%BC%E5%90%8814.htm. Shenyang Statistics Bureau. 6 July 2014. zh. https://web.archive.org/web/20180926124618/http://www.sysinet.gov.cn/web/tjnianjian/2013sy/01%E7%BB%BC%E5%90%88/01%E7%BB%BC%E5%90%8814.htm. 26 September 2018. dead.
  2. Web site: http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjbz/cxfldm/2011/21/01/210105.html . zh:2011年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码:皇姑区 . National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China . zh . 2012-11-23 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121208013652/http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjbz/cxfldm/2011/21/01/210105.html . 2012-12-08.
  3. "History." Liaoning University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Retrieved on July 24, 2016. "Main campus: No. 79 Chongshan Eastern Road, Huanggu District, Shenyang, Liaoning, People's Republic of China. Post code 110847"