Yuexiu District is one of 11 urban

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and the seat of the

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, the capital of

Guangdong Province ) means "wide" or "vast", and has been associated with the region since the creation of Guang Prefecture in AD 226. The name "''Guang''" ultimately came from Guangxin ( zh, labels=no, first=t, t= , s=广信), an outpost established in Han dynasty ...

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, located west of the

Tianhe District Tianhe District () is one of the eleven districts of Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong province. In Chinese, the name Tianhe literally means "River of Heaven", which is also a Chinese name for the Milky Way. It is bordered by Yuexiu District ...

and east of the

Liwan District Liwan District is one of 11 urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong province, China. The district is split into two parts by the Pearl River: Xiguan in the northeast and Fangcun in the southwest. Th ...

. It is the commercial, political and cultural centre of Guangdong and noted for its high-quality education. The area has served as a regional administrative center for nearly 2,000 years, and assumed its current boundaries in September 2005. The Guangdong provincial government and the Guangzhou city government are both located in the Yuexiu District. Yuexiu District has 18

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under its jurisdiction. The total area is . According to the

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, the permanent population of Yuexiu District was 1,038,643.

Toponymy

The name Yuexiu comes from

Yuexiu Hill Yuexiu Hill, also known as Yut Sau Shan, Yut Sau Hill, or Mount Yuexiu, is located in Yuexiu District, Guangzhou. It once formed the northern end of the old walled city, though most of the walls have been dismantled and the city has now expanded ...

History

However, according to archaeological discoveries, it has been confirmed that there were inhabitants settled in

region at least three to four thousand years ago. The area of present-day Yuexiu District was once the capital of the

Nanyue Nanyue ( zh, c=南越 or 南粵, p=Nányuè, cy=, j=Naam4 Jyut6, l=Southern Yue, , ), was an ancient kingdom founded in 204 BC by the Chinese general Zhao Tuo, whose family (known in Vietnamese as the Triệu dynasty) continued to rule until ...

Kingdom. Thirty-three years after the incorporation of

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into the

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forced most of the Yue tribes out of Guangzhou and assimilated the rest. In 111 BCE, the area was reorganized as Panyu County, within the

Nanhai Commandery Nanhai Commandery ( zh, 南海郡) was an ancient Chinese commandery (China), commandery that existed from Qin dynasty to Tang dynasty. At the greatest extent, Nanhai's territories covered present-day Guangdong, Hainan, southeastern Guangxi and the ...

. The area of present-day Yuexiu District served as the capital of both. The area would serve as the seat of government for numerous successive administrative divisions, including and Xingwang Fu (). It would continue to form part of Panyu County until 1921, when the it merged with

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to create Yuexiu District, and placed under the jurisdiction of the city of Guangzhou.

People's Republic of China

The area came under the control of the People's Republic of China on October 14, 1949. In December 1949, Guangzhou was divided into 28 different

, with the area of present-day Yuexiu District including Xishan District (), Dexuan District (), Huifu District (), Jinghai District (), Xiaobei District (), Taiping District (), Yonghan District (), Dongshan District () Dadong District (), and (). In June 1950, Guangzhou consolidated its 28 districts into 16, resulting in the present-day area being including portions of Huifu District, Taiping District, Yonghan District, and Dadong District. In September 1952, Guangzhou reorganized its urban area into just 6 districts: East District, West District, North District, Central District, Henan District, and Zhujiang District. The former districts which once occupied present-day Yuexiu District were split between Central District, East District, and North District. In July 1960, North District underwent an enlargement, and was renamed to Yuexiu District, while East District was renamed to Dongshan District. In August 1961, five

from Yuexiu District were transferred to the jurisdiction of Dongshan District. Slight adjustments to the border of Yuexiu District and Dongshan District would continue throughout the 1990s. In September 2005, Dongshan District was abolished and merged into Yuexiu District. Beginning in the late 1990s and early 2000s, a number of sub-Saharan Africans began to move to Guangzhou, many of whom settled area of Xiaobei, within Yuexiu District. The area had already been inhabited by a number of

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internal migrants from Central and

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since the 1980s. Local crackdowns on

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overstays have sporadically taken place since the early 2010s.

Geography

Yuexiu District starts from Guangzhou Avenue in the east and borders

; it faces the

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in the south and faces

Haizhu District Haizhu District is one of 11 urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong Province, China. Geography Haizhu District is located in the southern part of Guangzhou city. After the adjustment of Guangzhou' ...

across the river; it extends to Renmin Road in the west and is adjacent to

; it reaches the foot of Baiyun Mountain in the north and is adjacent to Baiyun District and

. It is the old central city of Guangzhou. The total area of Yuexiu District is 33.8 square kilometers.

Administrative subdivisions

Yuexiu has administrative jurisdiction over 18

(), which then in turn administer 222 residential communities (). * On 15 March 2013 Dongfeng Subdistrict merged into Liurong Subdistrict, Shishu Subdistrict merged into Guangta Subdistrict, Daxin Subdistrict merged into Renmin Subdistrict, and Guangwei Subdistrict merged into Beijing Subdistrict.

Government

The Guangdong Department of Education is headquartered in Yuexiu District.

Demographics

The area of Xiaobei, within the

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, has been a significant

community in the area for decades. Xiaobei, which has been nicknamed "Little Africa" and "Chocolate City" due to the number of Sub-Saharan Africans who live and work in the area, hosts a diverse population of Muslims from Central and

, Sub-Saharan Africa, the

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, and the

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Economy

As of 2023, Yuexiu District has a gross domestic product of 381.024 billion

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is headquartered in the Wuzi Building in the Yuexiu District. The Mainland China offices of

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are located at the Guangdong Mechanical Sub-Building in the district.

Culture

Due to the notable

population within the Xiaobei neighborhood, the area has attracted a cluster of

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, and various stores.

Transportation

Metro

Yuexiu is currently served by five metro lines operated by the

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: * - Yangji (), Dongshankou (), Martyrs' Park, Peasant Movement Institute, Gongyuanqian (), Ximenkou * - Guangzhou Station (), Yuexiu Park, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Gongyuanqian (),

Haizhu Square Haizhu Square () is a public square located in Yuexiu District, Guangzhou, China. It is located on the riverfront. Its centrepiece is the Guangzhou Liberation Statue, erected in 1959. In 1963 the square and its environs were named as one of the E ...

() * - Guangzhou Railway Station (), Xiaobei, Taojin, Ouzhuang (),

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, Yangji (), Wuyangcun * - Yide Lu,

(), Beijing Lu, Tuanyida Square, Donghu, Dongshankou (), Ouzhuang (), Huanghuagang * - ,

Education

The American International School of Guangzhou elementary school campus is on Ersha Island in the district. Previously the

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, the French international school of Guangzhou, was located at the GoldArch Riverdale development on Ersha Island.Home

. 26 May 2003. Retrieved on 16 September 2016. "-Adresse: GoldArch Riverdale - Île d'Er Sha - GUANGZHOU/P.R.C " - : "中国广州二沙岛金亚花园内"

Notes

References

External links

Official website of Yuexiu District government
{{Authority control Districts of Guangzhou