Yuhuatai District () is one of 11
districts
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of
Nanjing
Nanjing (; , Mandarin pronunciation: ), Postal Map Romanization, alternately romanized as Nanking, is the capital of Jiangsu Provinces of China, province of the China, People's Republic of China. It is a sub-provincial city, a megacity, and 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 it ...
province, China.
Geography
Yuhuatai District is located in the south of the main city of
Nanjing
Nanjing (; , Mandarin pronunciation: ), Postal Map Romanization, alternately romanized as Nanking, is the capital of Jiangsu Provinces of China, province of the China, People's Republic of China. It is a sub-provincial city, a megacity, and t ...
, in the lower reaches of the
Yangtze River
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, bordering
Jiangning District
Jiangning District () is one of 11 districts of Nanjing, the capital of Jiangsu province, China. The District has a population of 1,025,000 and an area of 1600 square kilometers. It includes southern and south-eastern suburbs of Nanjing.
Jiangnin ...
in the east and south, facing
Pukou District
Pukou District (), is one of 11 districts of Nanjing, the capital of Jiangsu province, China, lying northwest across the Yangtze River from downtown Nanjing.
The district was formerly the southern terminus of the Tianjin-Pukou Railway; railcars ...
across 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 ...
in the west, and bordering
Qinhuai District
Qinhuai District () is one of 11 districts of Nanjing, the capital of Jiangsu province, China.
Administrative subdivisions
Qinhuai has administrative jurisdiction over the following 12 subdistricts:
In 2013, Baixia merged into Qinhuai gainin ...
and
Jianye District
Jianye District () is one of 11 districts of Nanjing, the capital of Jiangsu province, China.
History
Nanjing, once called Jianye, was the capital city of six dynasties beginning in 3AD, in large part because of its position on the Yangtze River. ...
in the north, covering an area of 132.39 square kilometers (excluding the river area).
Administrative divisions
In the present, Yuhuatai District has 7 subdistricts.
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Transportation
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Nanjing South railway station
Nanjingnan (Nanjing South) railway station () is a high-speed railway station in Nanjing, the capital of Jiangsu province, serving the Beijing–Shanghai (Jinghu) high-speed railway, Shanghai–Nanjing (Huning) intercity railway, Nanjing– ...
See also
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Yuhuatai Memorial Park of Revolutionary Martyrs
Yuhuatai Memorial Park of Revolutionary Martyrs (雨花台烈士陵园) is a park and tourist site in the Yuhuatai District of Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China. The name Yuhuatai comes from yu (rain), hua (flower), tai (platform). A prominent f ...
References
www.xzqh.org
County-level divisions of Jiangsu
Districts of Nanjing
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