Jianghan, Wuhan Explained

Jianghan
Settlement Type:District
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Pushpin Map:China Hubei
Pushpin Label:Jianghan
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Hubei
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:People's Republic of China
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Hubei
Subdivision Type2:Sub-provincial city
Subdivision Name2:Wuhan
Subdivision Type3:Subdivisions
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:33.43
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Total:683492
Population As Of:2010
Population Density Km2:20445
Coordinates:30.6029°N 114.2642°W
Timezone:China Standard
Utc Offset:+8
Website: (in Simplified Chinese)
Blank Name Sec1:Wuhan district map

Jianghan District (Yangtze and Han River) forms part of the urban core of and is one of 13 urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Wuhan, the capital of Hubei Province, China. The district is part of the historical Hankou.

Geography

Jianghan District is situated on the northwest (left) bank of the Yangtze River. It is both the least spacious and most densely populated of the districts of Wuhan.[1] [2] It borders Dongxihu to the north, Jiang'an to the northeast, Hanyang to the south, and Qiaokou to the west; on the opposite bank it borders Wuchang.

Wuhan Center and the Wuhan New International Trade Tower is located in Jianghan District, the latter of which houses the Consulate General of the United States and France in Wuhan, Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Wuhan, and offices of various international corporations.

Administrative divisions

Jianghan District administers:[3] [4] [5]

Name Chinese (S)
Subdistricts
1 Minzu Subdistrict Nationalism
2 Minquan Subdistrict Democracy
3 Hualou Subdistrict Flower Tower
4 Shuita Subdistrict Water Pagoda
5
6 Qianjin Subdistrict Progress
7
8 Xinhua Subdistrict New China
9 Wansong Subdistrict Myriad Pines
10 Beihu Subdistrict North Lake
11 Tangjiadun Subdistrict Tang Family Dun
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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wuhan Statistical Yearbook 2010 . Wuhan Statistics Bureau . 31 July 2011 . 15 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111105213243/http://www.whtj.gov.cn/documents/tjnj2010.pdf . 5 November 2011 .
  2. Web site: 武汉市2010年第六次全国人口普查主要数据公报 . Wuhan Statistics Bureau . zh . 11 May 2011 . 11 June 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111025103716/http://www.whtj.gov.cn/Article/ShowArticle.aspx?id=6417 . 25 October 2011 . dead .
  3. Web site: 江汉概况. zh. 区委宣传部、区政府办公室. 11 January 2016. 26 December 2017. 26 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171226130522/http://www.jianghan.gov.cn/pub/jianghan2012/jhgk/jhgk/201212/t20121205_48059.htm. dead.
  4. Web site: 江汉区历史沿革 (translation: The Historical Development of Jianghan District). zh. 行政区划网站 (translation: Administrative Divisions Website). 8 July 2014. 26 December 2017.
  5. Web site: http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjsj/tjbz/tjyqhdmhcxhfdm/2018/42/01/420103.html . zh:2018年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码:木鱼镇 . 2018 Statistical Area Numbers and Rural-Urban Area Numbers: Jianghan District . zh-hans . . 2018 . 31 January 2019.