Qixia District () is one of 11

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 ...

Nanjing Nanjing (; , Mandarin pronunciation: ), alternately romanized as Nanking, is the capital of Jiangsu province of the People's Republic of China. It is a sub-provincial city, a megacity, and the second largest city in the East China region. T ...

, the capital of

Jiangsu Jiangsu (; ; pinyin: Jiāngsū, alternatively romanized as Kiangsu or Chiangsu) is an eastern coastal province of the People's Republic of China. It is one of the leading provinces in finance, education, technology, and tourism, with its c ...

province, China, straddling both sides of the

Yangtze River 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 ...

. It has an area of 80 km² and a population of 400,000.

Natural and historical sites

Qixia Mountain Qixia Mountain () is a mountain in the northeast part of Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China. In the Southern Dynasties The Northern and Southern dynasties () was a period of political division in the history of China that lasted from 420 ...

is in Qixia District.

Qixia Temple Qixia Temple () is a Buddhist temple located on Qixia Mountain in the suburban Qixia District of Nanjing, Jiangsu, northeast of downtown Nanjing. It is one of Nanjing's most important Buddhist monasteries. The temple is the cradle of East Asian ...

, a

Southern Tang Southern Tang () was a state in Southern China that existed during Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, which proclaimed itself to be the successor of the former Tang dynasty. The capital was located at Nanjing in present-day Jiangsu Province. ...

Buddhist temple, is there. During the

Qing dynasty The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing,, was a Manchu-led imperial dynasty of China and the last orthodox dynasty in Chinese history. It emerged from the Later Jin dynasty founded by the Jianzhou Jurchens, a Tungusic-speaki ...

, the

Qianlong Emperor The Qianlong Emperor (25 September 17117 February 1799), also known by his temple name Emperor Gaozong of Qing, born Hongli, was the fifth Emperor of the Qing dynasty and the fourth Qing emperor to rule over China proper, reigning from 1735 t ...

praised it as the most elegant mountain in Jinling. A number of

Liang dynasty The Liang dynasty (), alternatively known as the Southern Liang () in historiography, was an imperial dynasty of China and the third of the four Southern dynasties during the Northern and Southern dynasties period. It was preceded by the South ...

tombs are in the district, primarily in and around the Ganjiaxiang section of the district. Among them, particularly well known is that of Xiao Xiu (475–518), containing one of the best surviving sets of the period's statuary.

Geography

Qixia District includes northern and northeastern parts of the greater Nanjing area, on the right (southeastern) side of the Yangtze River.

Administration divisions

Qixia District administers 10 subdistricts. They are:

Subdistricts

Economy

Qixia Town is an important land and water transport hub. It is connected to the Shanghai-Nanjing Railway. The No. 312 National Highway and Qixia Highway runs through it. It is also connected to the adjacent Second Yangtze River Bridge and Xinshengwei Port to the west, and Shanghai-Nanjing Expressway to the south, opposite the Yangtze River to the north, and east of Longtan Deep Water Port.

Education

Qixia district is the location of the Xianlin University City which hosts ten major universities from Jiangsu province. The

Nanjing International School Nanjing International School is a non-profit International school in Xian Lin College and University Town (), Qixia District, Nanjing, enrolling children age 3 to 18, Pre Kindergarten to Grade 12. There are around 620 students from over 30 coun ...

(NIS) is a Pre-K - 12 school for foreign students. The Japanese Weekend School of Nanjing (南京日本語補習授業校 ''Nankin Nihongo Hoshū Jugyō Kō''), a Japanese weekend program, holds its classes at NIS.学校案内
" Japanese Weekend School of Nanjing. Retrieved on April 1, 2015. "所在地南京国際学校 (NIS)"

Geography

Qixia is 16 km from Nanjing City

Central Business District A central business district (CBD) is the commercial and business centre of a city. It contains commercial space and offices, and in larger cities will often be described as a financial district. Geographically, it often coincides with the " city ...

and 40 km from Nanjing Lukou International Airport.

References

External links

Qixia District Government Website
Districts of Nanjing County-level divisions of Jiangsu {{Jiangsu-geo-stub