Administrative Center of Wuxing District

Wuxing District () is the central district of the

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, China.

Administrative divisions

As of 2020, Wuxing District has 13

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and 5 Towns and 1

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under its administration. Wuxing District's 13 Subdistricts are as follows: *

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(月河街道), Chaoyang Subdistrict (朝阳街道), Aishan Subdistrict (爱山街道), Feiying Subdistrict (飞英街道), Longquan Subdistrict (龙泉街道), Fenghuang Subdistrict (凤凰街道), Kangshan Subdistrict (康山街道), Renhuangshan Subdistrict (仁皇山街道), Binhu Subdistrict (滨湖街道), Longxi Subdistrict (龙溪街道), Yangjiabu Subdistrict (杨家埠街道), Huanzhu Subdistrict (环渚街道), Hudong Subdistrict (湖东街道) Wuxing District's 5 Towns are as follows: * Balidian (八里店镇),

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(织里镇), Miaoxi (妙西镇), Daixi (埭溪镇), Donglin (东林镇) Wuxing District's 1 Townships are as follows: * Daochang Township (道场乡)

Demographics

Population

According to the

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, Wuxing District has a residential population of 712,595, increasing by 140,876 or 24.64% from that of 571,719 in 2010 ( Sixth Census). The average annual growth rate was 2.23%.

Population by
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Types

As of 2020, there were 227,039 family households with 571,291 persons and 34,680 collective households (集体户) with 141,304 persons. The average size of a family household was 2.62 persons, decreasing by 0.51 persons compared with the 3.03 in 2010.

Sex Composition

Of Wuxing District's residential population in 2020, 365,793 persons or 51.33% were males while 346,802 persons or 48.76% were females. The sex ratio (female=100, male to female) was 105.48, up by 7.08 percent compared with that in 2010.

Age Composition

According to Seventh Census, there were 74,249 inhabitants (17.95%) in the age group of 0 to 14; 506,949 inhabitants (71.14%) in the age group of 15 to 59; and 131397 inhabitants (18.70%) in the age group of 60 and over. Additionally, there were 95,479 inhabitants (13.50) in the age group of 65 and over. Compared with 2010, the shares of people in the age groups of 0 to 14, 15 to 59, and 60 and above were up by 0.48%, down by 3.95%, and up by 3.47%, respectively. Specially, the part of 65 and over was up by 3.26%.

Educational Attainment

In 2020, there were 116,132 residents with university education (including foundation degree (大专) and above); 9,7066 residents with senior high school education; 273,645 residents with middle school education; and 176,906 residents with primary school education.

Urban and Rural Population

In 2020, there were 522,324 urban residents, accounting for 73.3%, and 190,271 rural residents, accounting for 26.7%. Compared with 2010, the urban population has increased by 143,864 and the rural population has decreased by 2,988. The share of urban population went up by 7.10%.

Transportation

Rail and high-speed rail

* Xuancheng–Hangzhou railway *

Xinyi–Changxing railway The Xinyi–Changxing railway or Xinchang railway (), also known as the Xinchang line (), is a single-track railway line in eastern China between the cities of Xinyi in Jiangsu Province and Changxing County in Zhejiang Province. It runs north-sout ...

* Nanjing–Hangzhou high-speed railway * Shanghai–Huzhou high-speed railway, constructing *

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Roads and highways

China National Highway 104 China National Highway 104 (G104) runs from Beijing to Pingtan via Jinan, Xuzhou, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Taizhou and Fuzhou. It runs to approximately 2606 km, and, on a map, runs southeast towards Nanjing and Hangzhou before turning south-sout ...

China National Highway 318 China National Highway 318 (G318) runs from Shanghai to Zhangmu on the China-Nepal border. It is the longest China National Highway at in length and runs west from Shanghai towards Zhejiang, Anhui, Hubei, Chongqing, Sichuan, and ends in Tibet Au ...

Tourism

*Tomb of

Chen Qimei Chen Qimei (; 17 January 1878 – 18 May 1916), courtesy name Yingshi (英世) was a Chinese revolutionary activist and key figure of Green Gang, close political ally of Sun Yat-sen, and early mentor of Chiang Kai-shek. He was as one of the found ...

*Ruins of Qianjiangyang *Ruins of Xiagu city

References

External links

Wuxing Government Website
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