Xiangyang District, Xiangfan
Xiangzhou District () is a district of the city of Xiangyang, Hubei, People's Republic of China. The district itself was formerly known as Xiangyang (). It was a city famous for the siege of Xiangyang (1267–1273) by invading forces of the Mongol-founded Yuan Dynasty. It was also an important city during the period of the Three Kingdoms, in the ''Romance of the Three Kingdoms'' it was said that it was nearby Xiangyang that Zhuge Liang received his three visits from Liu Bei. Xiangyang was also where Sun Jian fought Liu Biao in 191 AD during the Three Kingdoms. Today, Xiangzhou has been incorporated with nearby Fancheng to form the prefecture-level city of Xiangyang, part of Hubei province. Administrative divisions Subdistricts: * Zhangwan Subdistrict (), Liuji Subdistrict (), Xiaowan Subdistrict (), Liulianghe Subdistrict () Towns: *Longwang (), Shiqiao (), Huangji (), Huopai (), Guyi (), Zhuji (), Chenghe (), Shuanggou (), Zhangjiaji (), Huanglong (), Yushan (), Do ...
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District (PRC)
The term ''district'', in the context of China, is used to refer to several unrelated political divisions in both ancient and modern China. In the modern context, district (), formally city-governed district, city-controlled district, or municipal district (), are subdivisions of a municipality or a prefecture-level city. The rank of a district derives from the rank of its city. Districts of a municipality are prefecture-level; districts of a sub-provincial city are sub-prefecture-level; and districts of a prefecture-level city are county-level. The term was also formerly used to refer to obsolete county-controlled districts (also known as district public o