Jiangxia District () is one of 13 urban
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
Wuhan
Wuhan (, ; ; ) is the capital of Hubei Province in the People's Republic of China. It is the largest city in Hubei and the most populous city in Central China, with a population of over eleven million, the ninth-most populous Chinese city an ...
, the capital of
Hubei
Hubei (; ; alternately Hupeh) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, and is part of the Central China region. The name of the province means "north of the lake", referring to its position north of Dongting Lake. The ...
province,
China, situated on the eastern (right) bank of the
Yangtze River
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. Jiangxia district has an area of and a population of 680,000. It is the southernmost and most sparsely populated of Wuhan's districts.
It borders the districts of
Caidian and
Hannan across the Yangtze and
Hongshan to the north, as well as the
prefecture-level cities
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
Ezhou
Ezhou () is a prefecture-level city in eastern Hubei Province, China. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 1,079,353, of which 695,697 lived in the core Echeng District. The Ezhou - Huanggang built-up (''or metro'') area was home ...
to the east,
Huangshi
Huangshi (), Postal Map Romanization, alternatively romanized as Hwangshih, is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Hubei province, People's Republic of China.
Its population was 2,469,079 inhabitants at the 2020 census; 1,567,108 of whom liv ...
to the southeast, and
Xianning
Xianning () is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Hubei province, People's Republic of China, bordering Jiangxi to the southeast and Hunan to the southwest. It is known as the "City of Osmanthus".
Geography and climate
Xianning is located i ...
to the south.
Geography
Unlike most other districts into which the City of Wuhan is divided, Jingxia, until recently included no part of Wuhan's main urban core. However, in the first decades of the 21st century urban development in the southeastern part of Wuhan's urban area (south of Guanggu Circle) has spilled over from Hongshan District into Jiangxia District as well.
Most of Jiangxia District still consists of the rural area south of the Wuhan city center. Jingxia has its own urban core, which is a large residential area called Zhifang (
纸坊) some south of Wuhan proper.
The Longquanshan Scenic Area (
龙泉山), which contains the tombs of the Ming Princes of Chu (Wuchang-based descendants of the
Hongwu Emperor) is located in the northeastern part of Jiangxi District. That area must have been quite rural, and remote from the provincial capital,
Wuchang, in the Ming days; but today's Wuhan has spread to within a few kilometers of Longquanshan.
Administrative divisions
Jiangxia District administers:
Infrastructure
The Wuhan authorities with the approval of the central authorities are building a temporary 1000-bed hospital in Jiangxia District to cope with the
Wuhan coronavirus in January 2020.
This is the second hospital to cope with the outbreak.
Transport
There are two stations of the
Line 8, Wuhan Metro in Jiangxia District:
Huangjiahu Metro Town Station and
Military Game Athlete Village Station.
The
Wulongquan East Railway Station (presently, no passenger service) which is part of the Wuhan-Guangzhou High-speed Railway is located within the district.
The
Wuhan–Xianning Intercity Railway, the region's first dedicated commuter rail line, opened in the late 2013, has several stations in the district. In particular, the Zhifang East Station (纸坊东站; ) serves the district's urban core. It takes 40-50 min by commuter train from Zhifang East to Wuhan's
Wuchang Railway Station
Wuchang railway station is a major railway station on the Beijing–Guangzhou railway, the Wuhan–Jiujiang railway and the Hankou–Danjiangkou railway, located on the east side of Zhongshan Road in Wuchang District, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
Fou ...
.
As of 2012, the authorities were considering repurposing the military Shanpo Airfield (山坡机场; ), located in the district's Shanpo Township (Shanpo Subdistrict since August 2011), as a commercial cargo airport. The possibility for dual civil and military use is considered as well. If the plans are implemented, Shanpo will become Wuhan's second airport (after
Tianhe).
武汉第二机场项目已上报发改委 江夏山坡机场开始“控违”
(The plan for Wuhan's second airport has been submitted to the National Development and Reform Commission
The National Development and Reform Commission of the People's Republic of China (NDRC), formerly State Planning Commission and State Development Planning Commission, is a macroeconomic management agency under the State Council, which has b ...
. Shanpo Airfield, in Jiangxia District, started to be considered), 2012-11-21
Gallery
File:Wuhan-Longquanshan-DSCF1033+1034.jpg, The tortoise-borne memorial stele for Zhu Zhen (1367-1424), the first of the Ming Princes of Chu buried at Longquanshan
File:Jiangxia-buffalo-4273.jpg, Most of Jiangxia is rural
References
External links
Jiangxia government official website
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County-level divisions of Hubei
Geography of Wuhan