Hongshan District () forms part of the urban core of and is one of 13 urban
districts
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of the
prefecture-level city
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During the Republican era, many of China' ...
of
Wuhan
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, the capital of
Hubei Province
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,
China
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. The district is named for
Mount Hong, located near
East Lake. It is the most populous of all the districts, and is the most spacious but least densely populated among the city's seven core districts.
Geography
![View to the West from above Luoyu Rd](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c9/View_to_the_West_from_above_Luoyu_Rd.jpg)
The district is located primarily on the right bank of the
Yangtze River
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but also includes
Tianxing Island () and
White Sand Island () which are in the Yangtze River. The district borders
Wuchang
Wuchang 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. It is the oldest of the three cities that merged into modern-day Wuhan, and stood on the ri ...
and
Qingshan to the north and
Jiangxia District
Jiangxia District () is one of 13 urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province, China, situated on the eastern (right) bank of the Yangtze River. Jiangxia district has an area of and a population of 680,0 ...
to the south; it administers the southern bank of the Yangtze, eastern half of
East Lake and the northwest of
Tangxun Lake
Tangxun Lake, formerly Tangsun Lake, is a freshwater lake between Hongshan District and Jiangxia District in southeastern Wuhan, the capital of Hubei Province, China. It is south of Wuhan's Third Ring Road and north of its Fourth Ring Road. Ta ...
; on the left bank it borders, from west to east,
Caidian
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,
Hanyang Hanyang may refer to:
China
*Hanyang District (漢陽區, 汉阳区, ''Hànyáng Qū''), Wuhan, Hubei
:*Hanyang Arsenal (漢陽兵工廠), founded in 1891 as one of the oldest modern arsenals in Chinese history
:*Hanyang 88 (漢陽八八式步槍), ...
,
Jiang'an,
Huangpi
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, and
Xinzhou
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. The district also borders
Huarong District
Huarong District () is a district of the city of Ezhou, Hubei province, People's Republic of China. The district is named after Huarong Town, the name of which is of disputed origin. Huarong () is mentioned in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
...
, part of the
prefecture-level city
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During the Republican era, many of China' ...
of
Ezhou
Ezhou () is a prefecture-level city in eastern Hubei Province, China. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 1,079,353, of which 695,697 lived in the core Echeng District. The Ezhou - Huanggang built-up (''or metro'') area was home ...
.
There are several mountains in Hongshan District including
Mount Hong () and
Mount Yujia () .
Administrative Divisions
The district contains at least 9
subdistricts A subdistrict or sub-district is an administrative division that is generally smaller than a district.
Equivalents
* Administrative posts of East Timor, formerly Portuguese-language
* Kelurahan, in Indonesia
* Mukim, a township in Brunei, Indon ...
and 1
township
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Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Ca ...
:
Destinations
Happy Valley Wuhan
Happy Valley Wuhan () is a theme park in Hongshan District, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. Opened on 29 April 2012, it is the fifth installation of the Happy Valley theme park chain.
Notable rides
References
{{Happy Valley (amusement par ...
() is a
theme park
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in Hongshan District. Opened on 29 April 2012, it is the fifth installation of the
Happy Valley theme park chain.
References
County-level divisions of Hubei
Geography of Wuhan
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