Xindu District () is a
suburban district of the
City of Chengdu
Chengdu; Sichuanese pronunciation: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: ; previously romanized as Chengtu. is the capital city of the Chinese province of Sichuan. With a population of 20,937,757 at the 2020 census, it is the fourth most p ...
,
Sichuan
Sichuan is a province in Southwestern China, occupying the Sichuan Basin and Tibetan Plateau—between the Jinsha River to the west, the Daba Mountains to the north, and the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau to the south. Its capital city is Cheng ...
, China. It covers part of the city's northern suburbs.
Overview
The Xindu District borders the
prefecture-level city
A prefecture-level city () or prefectural city is an administrative division of the China, People's Republic of China (PRC), ranking below a province of China, province and above a Counties of the People's Republic of China, county in China's ...
of
Deyang
Deyang ( zh, s=德阳 , t=德陽 , p=Déyáng) is a prefecture-level city of Sichuan province, China. Deyang is a largely industrial city, with companies such as China National Erzhong Group and Dongfang Electric having major operations there. The ...
to the north. The population of the district is 600,000, residing in an area of , only of which is part of the city's urban area. Xindu District was founded as an administrative district in 2001. It is a historical and cultural region encompassing 13 towns and 255 villages.
The
Sichuan Conservatory of Music and the associated
Chengdu Academy of Fine Arts
The Chengdu Academy of Fine Arts ( zh, 成都美术学院) is an art school, based in the Xindu District of Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
The academy is associated with the Sichuan Conservatory of Music and has its facilities located at the Xindu Ca ...
have a campus here.
Nicknames
Xindu District is known as the "Tianfu Pearl" () and "Fragrant City" ().
Administrative divisions
Xindu District administers 7 subdistricts and 2 towns:
* Dafeng Subdistrict 大丰街道
* Sanhe Subdistrict 三河街道
* Xindu Subdistrict 新都街道
* Xinfan Subdistrict 新繁街道
* Shibantan Subdistrict 石板滩街道
* Banzhuyuan Subdistrict 斑竹园街道
* Guihu Subdistrict 桂湖街道
* Qingliu Town 清流镇
* Juntun Town 军屯镇
Climate
References
External links
Districts of Chengdu
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