Yuhua District () is one of six urban

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of the

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Changsha Changsha is the capital of Hunan, China. It is the 15th most populous city in China with a population of 10,513,100, the Central China#Cities with urban area over one million in population, third-most populous city in Central China, and the ...

, the capital of Hunan Province,

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. The district is bordered by Yuetang District of Xiangtan to the south, Changsha County to the east, Furong District to the north,

Tianxin District Tianxin District () is one of six urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Changsha, the capital of Hunan Province, China. The district is bordered by Yuetang District of Xiangtan to the south, Yuhua District to the east, Furong and ...

to the west. Located in the southern central Changsha, Yuhua covers with population of 764,700 (as of 2016). The district has 12 subdistricts and 1 town under its jurisdiction, its jurisdiction, its

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is at Guitang subdistrict.

History

Yuhua District is one of five districts established on 22 April 1996 as a result of adjusting the administrative districts of Changsha. It covers parts of the historic South District, in which Zuojiajitang (), Houjiatang (), Jingwanzi () and Guitang () four subdistricts included, parts of the historic Suburb District, in which Yuhuating Township () excluding Shiren (), Xinkai () and Yuchang () three villages, Lituo Township (), Dongjing Township (), Wuyi (), Huoyan (), Youyi () and Gaoqiao () four villages of Mawangdui Township ().Adjusting the administrative districts of Changsha: Furong, Yuelu, Tianxin, Kaifu and Yuhua Districts of Changsha were corporated On 22 April 1996 By abolishing the East, West, South, North and Suburb Districts. according to the ''Reply of the State Council on adjusting the administrative districts of Changsha, Hunan Province'' (22-Apr-96) -
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/ref> Tiaoma Town () of Changsha County was also added to Yuhua District on 14 January 2015.

Subdivisions

According to the ''No.1 Notice on adjustment of administrative divisions of Hunan Province in 2015'' published on February 27, 2015, Yuhua has 12 subdistricts and 1 town under its jurisdiction.''No.1 Notice on adjustment of administrative divisions of Hunan Province in 2015''
(2015-02-27): 《2015年湖南省行政区划调整公告（1号）》(湘民行发［2015］1号)
/ref> They are: ;12 subdistricts * Dongjing, Changsha () * Dongshan, Changsha () * Dongtang () * Gaoqiao Subdistrict, Changsha () * Guitang () * Houjiatang () * Jingwanzi () * Lituo () * Shazitang () * Tongsheng () * Yuhuating () * Zuojiatang () ;1 town * Tiaoma, Changsha ()

Economy

According to preliminary accounting of the statistical authority, the

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of Yuhua District in 2017 was 123,087 million yuan (18,230 million

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), up by 8.9 percent over the previous year. Of this total, the

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of the primary industry was 574 million yuan (85 million US dollars), up by -15.6 percent, that of the secondary industry was 40,391 million yuan (5,982 million US dollars), up by 6.3 percent and that of the tertiary industry was 82,122 million yuan (12,163 million US dollars), up by 12 percent. The value added of the primary industry accounted for 0.47 percent of the GDP; that of the secondary industry accounted for 32.82 percent; and that of the tertiary industry accounted for 66.72 percent. The per capita GDP by the population of mid-year permanent residents in 2017 was about 138,611 yuan (20,529 US dollars).according to the ''Statistical Communiqué of Yuhua District, Changsha on the 2017 National Economic and Social Development'' / 雨花区2017年国民经济和社会发展统计公报 se
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References

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