Jiang'an District () forms part of the urban core of and is one of 13 urban
districts
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of the
prefecture-level city of
Wuhan, the capital of
Hubei Province,
China
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.
Jiang'an District is located on the
Yangtze's left (northwestern) shore, and includes the northeastern half of the former
Hankou city (northeast, i.e. downstream, of Jianghan Rd.). On the left bank of the Yangtze, it borders
Huangpi
Huangpi District () is one of 13 urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Wuhan, the capital of Hubei Province, China, situated on the northern (left) bank of the Yangtze River. The Sheshui enters the Yangtze at Huangpi. The district is ...
to the north,
Jianghan to the southwest, and
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 ...
to the west; on the opposite bank it borders
Hongshan
Hongshan may refer to:
Places in China Districts
*Hongshan District, Chifeng () in Chifeng, Inner Mongolia
*Hongshan District, Wuhan () in Wuhan, Hubei
Subdistricts
* Hongshan Subdistrict, Changsha (), in Kaifu District, Changsha, Hunan
* Hongsh ...
,
Wuchang, and
Qingshan.
History
The
Congressional-Executive Commission on China included Jiang Yanchun (), a 46 year old native of
Huarong District
Huarong District () is a district of the city of Ezhou, Hubei province, People's Republic of China. The district is named after Huarong Town, the name of which is of disputed origin. Huarong () is mentioned in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
...
,
Ezhou, in their Political Prisoner Database from November 5, 2017.
Jiang was a
petitioner who was contesting
demolition and resettlement in Jiang'an District when she was detained in
Beijing at around 4 PM on Sunday, November 13, 2016 for disrupting order in the
Tian'anmen area. She was returned to Wuhan on November 14, 2016 where she was detained for ten days and then detained again for most of December for "
picking quarrels and provoking trouble", which was seen as an
arbitrary detention. She was released on bail on December 29, 2016.
Administrative divisions
Jiang'an District administers 16
subdistricts and 1
residential community:
* (大智街道)
*
Yiyuan Subdistrict
* (车站街道)
* (四唯街道)
* (永清街道)
* (西马街道)
* (球场街道)
* (劳动街道)
* (二七街道)
* (新村街道)
* (丹水池街道)
* (台北街道)
* (花桥街道)
*
(谌家矶街道)
* (后湖街道)
* (塔子湖街道)
* (百步亭花园社区)
References
External links
Jiang'an District official site
Geography of Wuhan
County-level divisions of Hubei
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