Guanshan Subdistrict () is a subdistrict in

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, China. To the east it borders the

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; to the south it borders

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and the Third Ring Road; to the west it borders Zhuodaoquan Subdistrict (); to the north it borders the East Lake Nature Scenic Area. The subdistrict encompasses the campuses of more than ten universities including

Huazhong University of Science and Technology The Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST; ) is a public research university located in Guanshan Subdistrict, Hongshan District, Wuhan, Hubei province, China. As a national key university directly affiliated to the Ministry of E ...

, China University of Geosciences,

South Central University for Nationalities South-Central Minzu University (SCMZU; ; colloquially 中南民大, Pinyin: Zhōngnán mínDà) is a national university located in Hubei province's capital Wuhan, directly under the State Ethnic Affairs Commission of PRC. It is a comprehensiv ...

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, and Wuhan Textile University ().

History

Guanshan People's Commune (the forbearer of Guanshan Subdistrict) was established in August 1958. In March 1961, Guanshan People's Commune and Hongshan District People's Commune were combined into Hongshan District. From June 1963, Hongshan District included Guanshan Subdistrict. In August 1964, Guanshan Subdistrict was transferred from Hongshan District to

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. In July 1986, Guanshan Subdistrict was transferred from Wuchang District to Hongshan District. In 2004, Moshan Residential Community () was transferred from Guanshan Subdistrict to East Lake Scenic Area Subdistrict. In November 2010, eight residential communities (Qilingjiusuo (), Hongxing (), Wujiawan (), Huachengyuan (), Luguang (), Gongchengda (), Guanxi (), and Guanxi'er ()) were transferred into the newly-created Zhuodaoquan Subdistrict.

Administrative divisions

Guanshan Subdistrict administers twenty-eight residential communities: (this population figure excludes the population of Zhuodaoquan Subdistrict, which was created from part of Guanshan Subdistrict and other areas in the previous year) * Haihe (),

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Demographics

, the total area of Guanshan Subdistrict was . After the creation of Zhuodaoquan Subdistrict in late 2010 and other changes, the total population and area of Guanshan Subdistrict was reduced. The population figures from the

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in 2000 and the

Sixth National Population Census of the People's Republic of China The 2010 Chinese census, officially the Sixth National Population Census of the People's Republic of China (中華人民共和國第六次全國人口普查), was conducted by the National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China wi ...

in 2010 include areas that are no longer part of present-day Guanshan Subdistrict. In 2016, 1,905 babies were born in Guanshan Subdistrict with 99.21% of these births in compliance with the child planning policies of China.

Transportation

Guanshan Subdistrict is served by Optics Valley Square station on

Line 2 (Wuhan Metro) The Line 2 of Wuhan Metro () is the first underground metro line crossing the Yangtze River. This line has started trial run on September 25, 2012, and has opened on December 28, 2012. It is Wuhan's second metro line after Line 1, and the city's ...

. The Third Ring Road forms the southern limit of Guanshan Subdistrict.From the maps provided at map.baidu.com

References

{{Reflist Subdistricts of the People's Republic of China Township-level divisions of Hubei Geography of Wuhan