Jiangxia District () is one of 13 urban

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of the

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, the capital of

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province,

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, situated on the eastern (right) bank of the

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. Jiangxia district has an area of and a population of 680,000. It is the southernmost and most sparsely populated of Wuhan's districts. It borders the districts of

Caidian Caidian District () is one of 13 urban districts that constitute the prefecture-level city of Wuhan, the capital of Hubei Province, China, forming part of the city's southwestern suburbs and situated on the northwestern (left) bank of the Yan ...

and Hannan across the Yangtze and Hongshan to the north, as well as the

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to the east,

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to the southeast, and

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to the south.

Geography

Unlike most other districts into which the City of Wuhan is divided, Jingxia, until recently included no part of Wuhan's main urban core. However, in the first decades of the 21st century urban development in the southeastern part of Wuhan's urban area (south of Guanggu Circle) has spilled over from Hongshan District into Jiangxia District as well. Most of Jiangxia District still consists of the rural area south of the Wuhan city center. Jingxia has its own urban core, which is a large residential area called Zhifang ( 纸坊) some south of Wuhan proper. The Longquanshan Scenic Area ( 龙泉山), which contains the tombs of the Ming Princes of Chu (Wuchang-based descendants of the

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) is located in the northeastern part of Jiangxi District. That area must have been quite rural, and remote from the provincial capital,

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, in the Ming days; but today's Wuhan has spread to within a few kilometers of Longquanshan.

Administrative divisions

Jiangxia District administers:

Infrastructure

The Wuhan authorities with the approval of the central authorities are building a temporary 1000-bed hospital in Jiangxia District to cope with the Wuhan coronavirus in January 2020. This is the second hospital to cope with the outbreak.

Transport

There are two stations of the

Line 8, Wuhan Metro Line 8 of the Wuhan Metro was opened on 26 December 2017 as the sixth line in the Wuhan Metro network and the third line (after Line 2 and Line 4) in the system to cross the Yangtze River. History Line 8 is 38.197 kilometers in length and is ...

in Jiangxia District: Huangjiahu Metro Town Station and Military Game Athlete Village Station. The Wulongquan East Railway Station (presently, no passenger service) which is part of the Wuhan-Guangzhou High-speed Railway is located within the district. The

Wuhan–Xianning Intercity Railway Parameters The Wuhan–Xianning intercity railway (), commonly abbreviated as ''Wu-Xian intercity railway'', is a high-speed commuter railway line in Hubei Province of China with double tracks. It connects the provincial capital Wuhan with the ci ...

, the region's first dedicated commuter rail line, opened in the late 2013, has several stations in the district. In particular, the Zhifang East Station (纸坊东站; ) serves the district's urban core. It takes 40-50 min by commuter train from Zhifang East to Wuhan's

Wuchang Railway Station Wuchang railway station is a major railway station on the Beijing–Guangzhou railway, the Wuhan–Jiujiang railway and the Hankou–Danjiangkou railway, located on the east side of Zhongshan Road in Wuchang District, Wuhan, Hubei, China. Fou ...

. As of 2012, the authorities were considering repurposing the military Shanpo Airfield (山坡机场; ), located in the district's Shanpo Township (Shanpo Subdistrict since August 2011), as a commercial cargo airport. The possibility for dual civil and military use is considered as well. If the plans are implemented, Shanpo will become Wuhan's second airport (after Tianhe).武汉第二机场项目已上报发改委江夏山坡机场开始“控违”
(The plan for Wuhan's second airport has been submitted to the

National Development and Reform Commission The National Development and Reform Commission of the People's Republic of China (NDRC), formerly State Planning Commission and State Development Planning Commission, is a macroeconomic management agency under the State Council, which has br ...

. Shanpo Airfield, in Jiangxia District, started to be considered), 2012-11-21

Gallery

File:Wuhan-Longquanshan-DSCF1033+1034.jpg, The tortoise-borne memorial stele for Zhu Zhen (1367-1424), the first of the Ming Princes of Chu buried at Longquanshan File:Jiangxia-buffalo-4273.jpg, Most of Jiangxia is rural

References

External links

Jiangxia government official website
{{authority control County-level divisions of Hubei Geography of Wuhan