Dongxihu District () is one of 13 urban

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of the prefecture-level city of Wuhan, the capital of Hubei Province,

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, forming part of the city's western suburbs. It lies on the north (left) bank of the Han River. Along with Qiaokou, it is the only district of Wuhan to not have a Yangtze River shoreline; it borders the districts of Huangpi to the northeast, Jiang'an to the east, Jianghan, Qiaokou, and Hanyang to the southeast, and Caidian to the southwest. The district also borders the prefecture-level city of Xiaogan to the north and west.

Geography

Administrative Divisions

Dongxihu District currently administers eight subdistricts, one administrative committee, and three local offices:

Transportation

Wuhan Metro

Line 1 Line 1 or 1 line may refer to: Public transport Africa * Line 1 (Algiers Metro), Algeria * Cairo Metro Line 1, Egypt Asia China * Line 1 (Beijing Subway) * Line 1 (Changchun Rail Transit) * Line 1 (Changsha Metro) * Line 1 (Changzhou Metro) * L ...

have 5 stations in Dongxihu District. Wuhan Metro

Line 2 Line 2 or 2 Line may refer to: Public transport Americas *2 (New York City Subway service), a rapid transit service in the A Division of the New York City Subway *2 Line (Sound Transit), a light rail line in Seattle, Washington *Line 2 Bloor–Dan ...

passes through Dongxihu District. There are 4 stations of Line 2 in Dongxihu District: Hongtu Boulevard station, Changqingcheng station, Jinyintan station and Changqing Huayuan station. The northern end of Line 6 runs in Dongxihu District. There are 10 stations of Line 6 in Dongxihu District:

Xincheng 11th Road station Xincheng may refer to: People *Tuoba Xincheng (拓拔新成), brother of Emperor Wencheng of Northern Wei; held the title of Prince You of Yangping *Xincheng, one of the daughters of Emperor Taizong of Tang (Li Shimin) and Empress Zhangsun Place ...

Matoutan Park station Matoutan Park Station () is a station on Line 1 Line 1 or 1 line may refer to: Public transport Africa * Line 1 (Algiers Metro), Algeria * Cairo Metro Line 1, Egypt Asia China * Line 1 (Beijing Subway) * Line 1 (Changchun Rail Transit) * Line ...

Five Rings Sports Center station 5 is a number, numeral, and glyph. 5, five or number 5 may also refer to: * AD 5, the fifth year of the AD era * 5 BC, the fifth year before the AD era Literature * ''5'' (visual novel), a 2008 visual novel by Ram * ''5'' (comics), an awar ...

Erya Road station The ''Erya'' or ''Erh-ya'' is the first surviving Chinese dictionary. Bernhard Karlgren (1931:49) concluded that "the major part of its glosses must reasonably date from the 3rd century BC." Title Chinese scholars interpret the first title cha ...

Haikou 3rd Road station Haikou (; ), also spelled as Hoikow is the capital and most populous city of the Chinese province of Hainan. Haikou city is situated on the northern coast of Hainan, by the mouth of the Nandu River. The northern part of the city is on the ...

Jinyinhu Park station Jinyinhu Park Station (), is a station on Line 6 of the Wuhan Metro. It entered revenue service on December 28, 2016. It is located in Dongxihu District Dongxihu District () is one of 13 urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Wuhan, t ...

Jinyinhu station Jinyinhu Station (), is a station on Line 6 of the Wuhan Metro. It entered revenue service on December 28, 2016. It is located in Dongxihu District Dongxihu District () is one of 13 urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Wuhan, the cap ...

, Garden Expo North station,

Polytechnic University station Polytechnic University Station (), is a station on Line 6 of the Wuhan Metro. It entered revenue service on December 28, 2016. It is located in Dongxihu District and it serves the Wuhan Polytechnic University Wuhan Polytechnic University () is a ...

and Changqing Huayuan station.

References

External links

Geography of Wuhan County-level divisions of Hubei {{Hubei-geo-stub