Yuexiu 越秀区 |
|
---|---|
District | |
Yuexiu in Guangzhou
|
|
Coordinates: 23°08′13″N 113°15′29″E / 23.137°N 113.258°ECoordinates: 23°08′13″N 113°15′29″E / 23.137°N 113.258°E | |
Country | China |
Region | Guangzhou |
Area | |
• Total | 33.80 km2 (13.05 sq mi) |
Population (2014) | |
• Total | 1,146,500 |
• Density | 34,000/km2 (88,000/sq mi) |
Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
Postal code | 510030 |
Area code(s) | 020 |
Website | www |
Yuexiu District | |||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 越秀区 | ||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Traditional Chinese | 越秀區 | ||||||||||||||
Cantonese Yale | Yuhtsau Kēui | ||||||||||||||
Hanyu Pinyin | Yuèxiù Qū | ||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||
Alternative Chinese name | |||||||||||||||
Chinese | 越秀 | ||||||||||||||
Cantonese Yale | Yuhtsau | ||||||||||||||
Hanyu Pinyin | Yuèxiù | ||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||
Second alternative Chinese name | |||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 东山 | ||||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 東山 | ||||||||||||||
Cantonese Yale | Dūngsāan | ||||||||||||||
Hanyu Pinyin | Dōngshān | ||||||||||||||
|
Transcriptions | |
---|---|
Standard Mandarin | |
Hanyu Pinyin | Yuèxiù Qū |
Yue: Cantonese | |
Yale Romanization | Yuhtsau Kēui |
Jyutping | jyut6 sau3 keoi1 |
Canton Romanization | yud6 seo3 kêu1 |
Transcriptions | |
---|---|
Standard Mandarin | |
Hanyu Pinyin | Yuèxiù |
Yue: Cantonese | |
Yale Romanization | Yuhtsau |
Jyutping | jyut6 sau3 |
Canton Romanization | yud6 seo3 |
Transcriptions | |
---|---|
Standard Mandarin | |
Hanyu Pinyin | Dōngshān |
Yue: Cantonese | |
Yale Romanization | Dūngsāan |
Jyutping | dung1 saan1 |
Canton Romanization | dung1 san1 |
Yuexiu District is a district in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, located west of the Tianhe District and east of the Liwan District. It is the commercial, political and cultural centre of Guangdong and noted for its high quality education. The Guangdong provincial government and the Guangzhou city government are both located in the Yuexiu District. Established in 1960, the district absorbed the former Dongshan District in May 2005 along with several former subdistricts of the Baiyun and Tianhe district
Yuexiu is the historic center of the capital of the Nanyue Kingdom. Thirty-three years after the unification of Lingnan under Qin Shi Huang forced most of the Yue tribes out of Guangzhou, Yuexiu came under the administration of Panyu County in the Nanhai Commandery. Yuexiu District is named after Yuexiu Hill. Yuexiu was originally the seat of Panyu County until 15 February 1921 when Guangzhou was formally established carving parts of northern Panyu County to create Yuexiu along with Liwan which was eastern part of Nanhai County.
Dongshan in the eastern part of Yuexiu was a former suburb of Guangzhou. It was established as "Dongshan District" in 1960. On 28 April 2005, it was withdrawn and merged with Yuexiu.
Yuexiu has administrative jurisdiction over the following 18 subdistricts
Creative Power Entertaining is headquartered in the Wuzi Building in the Yuexiu District.