Jiangxia District


Jiangxia District is one of 13 urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province, China, situated on the eastern bank of the Yangtze River. 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 and Hannan across the Yangtze and Hongshan to the north, as well as the prefecture-level cities of Ezhou to the east, Huangshi to the southeast, and Xianning 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 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 some south of Wuhan proper.
The Longquanshan Scenic Area, which contains the tombs of the Ming Princes of Chu is located in the northeastern part of Jiangxi District. That area must have been quite rural, and remote from the provincial capital, Wuchang, in the Ming days; but today's Wuhan has spread to within a few kilometers of Longquanshan.

Administrative divisions

Jiangxia District administers:
Name Chinese
Zhifang Subdistrict:zh:纸坊街道|纸坊街道
Jinkou Subdistrict:zh:金口街道|金口街道
Wulongquan Subdistrict:zh:乌龙泉街道|乌龙泉街道
Zhengdian Subdistrict
Wulijie Subdistrict五里界街道
Longquan Subdistrict龙泉街道
Baoxie Subdistrict豹澥街道
Shanpo Subdistrict山坡街道
Fasi Subdistrict法泗街道
Husi Subdistrict湖泗街道
Shu'an Subdistrict舒安街道
Anshan Subdistrict安山街道
Fozuling Subdistrict佛祖岭街道(东湖开发区)
Guandong Subdistrict关东街道
Binhu Subdistrict滨湖街道
Jinshui Office金水办事处
Dawuchen Office大屋陈办事处
Miaoshan Office庙山办事处(江夏经济开发区)
Canglongdao Office藏龙岛办事处
Daqiao New Area Office大桥新区办事处
Jingang New Area金港新区
Liangzihu Scenic Spot Office梁子湖风景区办事处

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 in Jiangxia District: Huangjiahu Metro Town Station and Military Game Athlete Village Station.
The Wulongquan East Railway Station which is part of the Wuhan-Guangzhou High-speed Railway is located within the district.
The Wuhan–Xianning Intercity Railway, 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 serves the district's urban core. It takes 40-50 min by commuter train from Zhifang East to Wuhan's Wuchang Railway Station.
As of 2012, the authorities were considering repurposing the military Shanpo Airfield, located in the district's Shanpo Township, 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.

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