Xuanwu District () is one of 11 districts of

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, the capital of

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province, China. Xuanwu District is an urban centre located in the north-eastern part of Nanjing. It is the seat of the Nanjing Municipal Government.

Administrative subdivisions

Xuanwu has administrative jurisdiction over the following 7 subdistricts: * Defunct - Houzaimen Subdistrict () merged into Meiyuan Xincun in 2012

Economy

The main industries in the district are: leisure and tourism, information technology, retail, and services. Its economy is primarily based upon the delivery of services. Industry zones include the Changjiang Road Cultural Area, Xinjiekou Central Economic Area, and Xuzhuang Software Industry Base. The district has attracted multi-national corporations, such as 3M,

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, Hyundai,

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, NYK Line, and Cathay Life Insurance.

Education

There are more than 40 colleges, universities, and research institutes in the district, including Southeast University, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing Forestry University, and Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences. There are about 35 academics from the Chinese Academy of Engineering and

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there, which represent about 50% of the academics from those academies in Jiangsu Province.''Nanjing Xuanwu District Investment Environment Study.''

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. February 2009. p. 10. Retrieved May 14, 2014. Xuanwu is also home to the People's Liberation Army Navy of China Command College, which trains naval officers, and is located near the Nanjing Museum.

Transportation

Transportation within the district includes Line 1 and Line 2 of the Nanjing Metro, which has stations within the district. Other sources of transportation that are 20 or more minutes from the district are the Nanjing Railway Station, Shanghai-Nanjing Railway, and Nanjing Lukou Airport.

Attractions

The scenic Xuanwu District is also known for its tourists attractions like the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum, Xuanwu Lake, and the

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, which is listed as one of the

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that are listed as a

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. The district has more than 58 percent green cover. Xuanwu is also home of the presidential residence of Chiang Kai-shek. Adjacent to Xuanwu Lake is the Nanjing International Exhibition Center.

References

County-level divisions of Jiangsu Districts of Nanjing {{Jiangsu-geo-stub