District () is one of three

districts A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...

Yangzhou Yangzhou, postal romanization Yangchow, is a prefecture-level city in central Jiangsu Province (Suzhong), East China. Sitting on the north bank of the Yangtze, it borders the provincial capital Nanjing to the southwest, Huai'an to the north, Yan ...

Jiangsu Jiangsu (; ; pinyin: Jiāngsū, Postal romanization, alternatively romanized as Kiangsu or Chiangsu) is an Eastern China, eastern coastal Provinces of the People's Republic of China, province of the China, People's Republic of China. It is o ...

province, China. It is one of the two districts (along with Hanjiang District) that divide Yangzhou's main

urban area An urban area, built-up area or urban agglomeration is a human settlement with a high population density and infrastructure of built environment. Urban areas are created through urbanization and are categorized by urban morphology as cities, t ...

. It includes roughly the western half of Yangzhou's central city (excluding, however, the historic center, which is in Hanjiang District), and adjacent suburbs. The

Yangtze The Yangtze or Yangzi ( or ; ) is the longest river in Asia, the third-longest in the world, and the longest in the world to flow entirely within one country. It rises at Jari Hill in the Tanggula Mountains (Tibetan Plateau) and flows ...

River and, in the northern suburbs, the

Grand Canal of China The Grand Canal, known to the Chinese as the Jing–Hang Grand Canal (, or more commonly, as the「大运河」("Grand Canal")), a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is the longest canal or artificial river in the world. Starting in Beijing, it passes ...

, serve as the district's southern and eastern borders. In the past, the northern part of Yangzhou's main urban area constituted a separate

Weiyang District Weiyang District () is one of 11 District (China), urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Xi'an, the capital of Shaanxi, Shaanxi Province, Northwest China, Northwest China. It is located at northwest Xi'an, functioning as the new admini ...

, but in the late 2011 Weiyang District was abolished and merged into Hanjiang District.

Administrative divisions

Hanjiang District is divided to 10 subdistricts, 10 towns, and 3 townships: ;10 Subdistricts: ;10 Towns: ;3 Townships: * Pingshan () * Shuangqiao () * Chengbei ()

Gallery

File:Yangzhou - walking south from Baozhang Lake - CIMG3223.JPG, A residential area near the

Thin West Lake Slender West Lake () is a scenic lake and AAAAA Tourist Attraction and national park in Yangzhou City, Jiangsu Province, China. Specifically, it is located in Hanjiang District of Yangzhou, just northwest of the city's historic center. The l ...

and the Baozhang Lake File:Yangzhou - sculpture plaza - CIMG2858.JPG, A public plaza near RT-Mart on Yangzhou's west side File:Yangzhou - Xinsheng Jiedao - commercial center - P1070070.JPG, Xinsheng Subdistrict File:Yangzhou Museum - CIMG2857.JPG, Yangzhou Museum File:Yangzhou Railway Station - P1070063.JPG,

Yangzhou Railway Station Yangzhou, postal romanization Yangchow, is a prefecture-level city in central Jiangsu Province (Suzhong), East China. Sitting on the north bank of the Yangtze, it borders the provincial capital Nanjing to the southwest, Huai'an to the north, Yan ...

on the Nanjing–Qidong Railway

References

www.xzqh.org

External links

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