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Dabancheng, Ürümqi
Dabancheng District ( zh, s=达坂城区, p=Dábǎnchéng Qū) or Dawan Cheng (, ), is one of 7 District (China), urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Ürümqi, the capital of Xinjiang, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Northwest China, Northwest China. Located southeast of the Ürümqi urban area, it contains an area of . According to the 2002 census, it has a population of 40,000. The district seat of government is the Towns of China, town of the same name (Dabancheng Town). The name means 'Pass City'. Just south of the town is a low pass on the road from Ürümqi southeast to Turpan, Turfan. It crosses a mountain spur that connects the main Tien Shan with the Bogda Shan to the northeast. As of July 2015 GoogleEarth appears to show road and rail tunnels and viaducts being built to avoid the pass. Human habitation and irrigated agriculture in this arid area are made possible primarily by streams flowing south from the Bogda Shan range, which is located on the northern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
District (China)
The term ''district'', in the context of China, is used to refer to several unrelated political divisions in both ancient and modern China. In the modern context, district ( zh, s=区, labels=no), formally city-governed district, city-controlled district, or municipal district ( zh, s=市辖区, links=no, labels=no), are subdivisions of a Direct-administered municipality, municipality or a prefecture-level city. The rank of a district derives from the rank of its city. Districts of a municipality are prefectures of China, prefecture-level; districts of a sub-provincial division, sub-provincial city are sub-prefecture-level; and districts of a prefecture-level city are counties of China, county-level. The term was also formerly used to refer to obsolete District (China)#County-controlled districts (obsolete), county-controlled districts (also known as district public office). However, if the word ''district'' is encountered in the context of ancient history of China, Chinese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |