Qiaokou 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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, situated on the northern (left) bank of the
Han River. Along with
Dongxihu
Dongxihu District () is one of 13 urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Wuhan, the capital of Hubei Province, China, forming part of the city's western suburbs. It lies on the north (left) bank of the Han River. Along with Qiaokou, i ...
, it is the only district of Wuhan to not have any shoreline along the
Yangtze River
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, and it borders Dongxihu to the north,
Jianghan to the east, and
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), ...
to the south across the Han River. 'Qiaokou' is used as an example of the usage of the rarely used character / in the
Contemporary Chinese Dictionary
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. It is said that the character 'qiao' refers to stone bridges constructed over the Han River in the Late Qing. The district is part of the historical
Hankou
Hankou, alternately romanized as Hankow (), was one of the three towns (the other two were Wuchang and Hanyang) merged to become modern-day Wuhan city, the capital of the Hubei province, China. It stands north of the Han and Yangtze Rivers wher ...
.
Geography
Administrative divisions
As of 2017, Qiaokou District was divided into eleven subdistricts:
References
External links
Qiaokou District government official site
Geography of Wuhan
County-level divisions of Hubei
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