
Gulou District () is one of 11
districts
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of
Nanjing
Nanjing or Nanking is the capital of Jiangsu, a province in East China. The city, which is located in the southwestern corner of the province, has 11 districts, an administrative area of , and a population of 9,423,400.
Situated in the Yang ...
, the capital of
Jiangsu
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province,
China
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.
It is named after the
Drum Tower of Nanjing (Gulou).
Administrative subdivisions
Gulou has administrative jurisdiction to 13
subdistricts:
In 2013,
Xiaguan merged into Gulou gaining six additional subdistricts.
See also
*
Hunan Road Commercial Street
References
www.njgl.gov.cn
County-level divisions of Jiangsu
Districts of Nanjing
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