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Midong, Ürümqi
Midong District ( zh, s=米东区, p=Mǐdōng Qū; , ) 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. Its land area is ; it has a population of 296,000. History Midong District was formed in 2007 by merging the former "Dongshan District" ( zh, s=东山区, p=Dōngshān Qū; , ) of Ürümqi (, population of 100,000, as per the 2002 Census) with the "Miquan City" ( zh, s=米泉市, p=Mǐquán Shì; ; formerly part of Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture). Geography Midong District includes northern and eastern suburbs of Ürümqi, as well as a large slice of the Gurbantünggüt Desert north of the city which is administratively included into Ürümqi. The natural water sources in the Ürümqi area mostly consist of streams that flow from the snow-capped Tian Shan mountains south of the city. Since Midong District is located north and therefore downstream, of the main ... [...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] |