Wolong District () is a

District A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municipa ...

in the center part of Nanyang, in the southwest of

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. It possesses a total area of , and has a population of 930,000.

Geography

Within this area, the land level is much higher in the north than in the south. The Wolong District is part of the

Yangtze River Basin 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 ...

Administrative divisions

As 2012, this district is divided to 9 subdistricts, 7 towns and 4 townships. ;Subdistricts ;Towns ;Townships

Education

Higher education

* Nanyang Institute of Technology() *

Nanyang Normal University The Nanyang Normal University is an ordinary undergraduate college in Henan Province. It was founded in 1951 in Nanyang Normal School of Henan Province. In 1958, it was upgraded to Nanyang Normal College. In 2000, it was upgraded to Nanyang Nor ...

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Nanyang Medical College The predecessor of Nanyang Medical College was the Nanyang Health College founded in 1951. In 2004, it was approved by the Ministry of Education to be upgraded to Nanyang Medical College. In 2006, the Nanyang Municipal Party Committee and Muni ...

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Nanyang Vocational College of Agriculture Nanyang is the romanization of two common Chinese place names. It may refer to: Written as 南洋 (Southern Ocean) * Nanyang (region), a Chinese term denoting the Southeast Asian lands surrounding the South China Sea ;China * Nanyang Fleet, Qing ...

http://www.nyac.cn/ (Chinese)()

Infrastructure

Transport

Railways

Highways and expressways

China National Highway 312 China National Highway 312 (312国道), also referred to as Route 312 or The Mother Road, is a key east-west route beginning in Shanghai and ending at Khorgas, Xinjiang in the Ili River valley, on the border with Kazakhstan. In total it spans ...

G40 Shanghai–Xi'an Expressway The Shanghai–Xi'an Expressway (), designated as G40 and commonly referred to as the Hushaan Expressway () is an expressway that connects the cities of Shanghai and Xi'an, Shaanxi. It is in length. The expressway was completed after Chongqi B ...

G55 Erenhot–Guangzhou Expressway The Erenhot–Guangzhou Expressway (), commonly referred to as the ''Erguang Expressway'' () is an expressway that connects the cities of Erenhot, Inner Mongolia, and Guangzhou, Guangdong. When fully complete, it will be in length. Route Inner M ...

References

External links

www.wolong.gov.cn
Nanyang, Henan County-level divisions of Henan {{Henan-geo-stub