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Yuhang Subdistrict
Yuhang is one of ten District (China), urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang, Zhejiang Province, East China. Its 2013 population was estimated at 1.17 million. Its inhabitants speak both Standard Mandarin, Mandarin and a variety of Hangzhounese, a Wu dialect. On April 9, 2021, Linping District was established consists of the former Yuhang subdistricts of Linping Subdistrict, Linping, Donghu Subdistrict, Hangzhou, Donghu, Nanyuan Subdistrict, Hangzhou, Nanyuan, Xingqiao Subdistrict, Xingqiao, Yunhe Subdistrict, Yunhe, Qiaosi Subdistrict, Qiaosi, Chongxian Subdistrict, Chongxian and the Town of Tangxi, Hangzhou, Tangxi. The district contains the remains of Neolithic settlements from the Liangzhu culture, Liangzhu period. Prior to the expansion of modern Hangzhou, Yuhang formed a separate city. It is the earliest settlement recorded in the area of present-day Hangzhou. Chinese scholars traditionally interpreted its name as a mistake for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
District (China)
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 office). However, if the word ''district'' is encountered in the context of ancient Chinese history, then it is a translation for ''xian'', another type of administrative division in China. Before the 1980s, cities in China were administrative divisions containing mostly urban, built-up areas, with very little farmlan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
