Xuanwu District () was a district of the Municipality of

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, China. It was located southwest to the city center, outside of Xuanwu Gate. The district was merged into

Xicheng District Xicheng () is a district of the city of Beijing. Its cover the western half of the old city (largely inside the 2nd Ring Road; the eastern half is Dongcheng District, Beijing, Dongcheng District), and has 1,106,214 inhabitants (2020 Census). It ...

in July 2010. Located outside the Imperial Inner City and predominantly reserved for the lower class, the district was over 16.5 km² in size. Although historically considered a wealthy area of Beijing as one of the older districts of the former Imperial City, Xuanwu District underwent rapid changes in its recent history leading up its merger into Xicheng District. The area was also the birthplace of

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and housed the Caishikou Execution Grounds during the

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. Xuanwu District had a large

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population. Popular destinations in Xuanwu District include: * Niujie Mosque * Fayuan Temple *

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—an antiques market *

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Economy

Wenfei Wang, Shangyi Zhou, and C. Cindy Fan, the authors of "Growth and Decline of Muslim Hui Enclaves in Beijing," stated in 2002 that Beijing's economic development was northward oriented and the economic development in the Xuanwu District "lags behind" Dongcheng District and

, adjacent districts located towards the north.

Education

Prior to the district's dissolution, The High School Affiliated to Beijing Normal University was located in Xuanwu. One school in Niujie, the Beijing Xuanwu Huimin Elementary School (), serves the

Hui people The Hui people are an East Asian ethnoreligious group predominantly composed of Islam in China, Chinese-speaking adherents of Islam. They are distributed throughout China, mainly in the Northwest China, northwestern provinces and in the Zhongy ...

living in Beijing. That was previously in the Xuanwu District. Xuanwu Normal Experimental Affiliated Number One Primary School (北京市宣武师范学校附属第一小学) is located in the former Xuanwu District.'Knifeman' held after 20 pupils attacked at primary school
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at MSN. Retriueved on January 9, 2019.

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