Hunnan District (), formerly Dongling District () one of ten districts of the

prefecture-level city A prefecture-level city () or prefectural city is an administrative division of the People's Republic of China (PRC), ranking below a province and above a county in China's administrative structure. During the Republican era, many of China ...

of Shenyang, the capital of Liaoning Province,

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China, and forms part of the eastern and southeastern suburbs. The district contains 12 subdistricts of Shenyang proper, six towns, one rural township, and one ethnic rural township. It borders Shenbei New Area to the north,

Sujiatun Sujiatun District () is one of ten districts of the prefecture-level city of Shenyang, the capital of Liaoning Province, Northeast China, and forms part of the southern suburbs. The current population of Sujiatun is 430,000 and is located 15&nbs ...

to the south, Heping to the west, and Shenhe and Dadong to the northwest; it also borders the

Fushun Fushun (, formerly romanised as ''Fouchouen'', using French spelling, also as Fuxi ()) is a prefecture level city in Liaoning province, China, about east of Shenyang, with a total area of , of which is the city proper. Situated on the Hun Rive ...

to the east. The former name Dongling refers to the Eastern Tomb, or

Fuling Tomb The Fuling or Fu Mausoleum (; mnc, , v=hūturingga munggan), also known as the East Mausoleum (), is the mausoleum of Nurhaci, the founding monarch of the Later Jin dynasty (subsequently posthumously recognized as an emperor of the Qing dynasty ...

, a

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, which is in fact two

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-spea ...

tombs: of Nurhachi, the first emperor of Qing. The district is rapidly becoming a developed, high-end residential area. There are two corridors along two major

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s, one leading to the Eastern Tomb and

, the other leading to the

Shenyang Taoxian International Airport Shenyang Taoxian International Airport is an airport serving Shenyang, capital of Liaoning province. It is located about south of the city center in Hunnan District. It is a focus city for China Southern Airlines and is the 23rd busiest air ...

, along which one can see luxury apartments and sleek commercial development.

Administrative divisions

The district contains 12

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, six

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, one

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, and one

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. Subdistricts: * Nanta Subdistrict (), Quanyuan Subdistrict (), Maguanqiao Subdistrict (), Fengle Subdistrict (),

Huishan Subdistrict Huishan National Forest Park () is a Chinese park in western Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, China. It is adjacent to Xihui Park. It includes and is named for Mount Hui (, ''Huìshān'', lit. "Kindhearted Hill"). The Huishan National Forest Park lies t ...

(),

Dongling Subdistrict Dongling may refer to: * Eastern Qing tombs, or Dongling of Hebei * Fuling Tomb, also known as Eastern Tomb (Dongling), Shenyang *Hunnan District, formerly Dongling (named after Eastern Tomb), Shenyang, China * Dongling, Hui'an County (东岭镇), ...

(), Yingda Subdistrict (), Qianjin Subdistrict (),

Donghu Subdistrict Donghu may refer to: * Donghu District (东湖区), in Nanchang, Jiangxi, China *Donghu Station (Taipei Metro) *East Lake (Wuhan) or Donghu, a large lake in Wuhan, China, and the national park around it *East Lake Triangle Pool or East Lake, two sm ...

(),

Wusan Subdistrict Wusan is a village in Badakhshan Province in north-eastern Afghanistan. See also *Badakhshan Province Badakhshan Province (Persian/ Uzbek: , ''Badaxšān'') is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the northeastern part of the c ...

(), East Hunhe Station Subdistrict (),

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() Towns: * Taoxian (), Gaokan (), Zhujiatun (), Shenjingzi (), Lixiang (), Baita () Townships: * Wangbingou Township (), Mantang Manchu Ethnic Township ()

Hunnan New Area

Hunnan New Area was envisaged in 1988 as one of the National High And New Technology Industry Development Zones in the first batch by the State Council in 1991. Construction began in 1991 and finished in October 2001. The park also includes the following development areas: *Shenyang High-tech Industrial Development Zone *Shenyang Export Processing Zone *Shenyang Singapore Industrial Park Since 2010, Hunnan New Area has been under the same administration as Dongling District, which was renamed Hunnan District in July 2014.

Education

Shenyang Transformation International School has its campus in the district.Contact Information
." Shenyang International School. Retrieved on September 30, 2015. "Shenyang International School, 160 Quan Yun San Road, Dongling District， Shenyang, Liaoning 110167, CHINA"
Chinese address
: "中国辽宁省沈阳市东陵区全运三路160号，邮编：110167"

References

External links

{{authority control Shenyang County-level divisions of Liaoning