Dongxihu District () is one of 13 urban

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of the

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, the capital of

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, forming part of the city's western suburbs. It lies on the north (left) bank of the Han River. Along with Qiaokou, it is the only district of Wuhan to not have a

Yangtze River The Yangtze or Yangzi ( or ; ) is the longest river in Asia, the third-longest in the world, and the longest in the world to flow entirely within one country. It rises at Jari Hill in the Tanggula Mountains (Tibetan Plateau) and flows ...

shoreline; it borders the districts of

Huangpi Huangpi District () is one of 13 urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Wuhan, the capital of Hubei Province, China, situated on the northern (left) bank of the Yangtze River. The Sheshui enters the Yangtze at Huangpi. The district is pr ...

to the northeast, Jiang'an to the east, Jianghan, Qiaokou, and Hanyang to the southeast, and Caidian to the southwest. The district also borders the

Xiaogan Xiaogan () is a prefecture-level city in east-central Hubei province, People's Republic of China, some northwest of the provincial capital of Wuhan. According to the 2020 census, its population totaled 4,270,371, of whom 988,479 lived in the buil ...

to the north and west.

Geography

Administrative Divisions

Dongxihu District currently administers eight subdistricts, one administrative committee, and three local offices:

Transportation

Wuhan Metro Wuhan Metro is a rapid transit system serving the city of Wuhan, Hubei, China. Owned and operated by Wuhan Metro Group Co., Ltd., the network now includes 11 lines, 282 stations, and of route length. With 1.22 billion annual passengers in 2019, W ...

Line 1 have 5 stations in Dongxihu District.

Line 2 passes through Dongxihu District. There are 4 stations of Line 2 in Dongxihu District: Hongtu Boulevard station, Changqingcheng station, Jinyintan station and Changqing Huayuan station. The northern end of Line 6 runs in Dongxihu District. There are 10 stations of Line 6 in Dongxihu District: Xincheng 11th Road station, Matoutan Park station, Five Rings Sports Center station, Erya Road station, Haikou 3rd Road station, Jinyinhu Park station, Jinyinhu station,

Garden Expo North station Garden Expo North Station (), is a transfer station on Line 6 and Line 7 of the Wuhan Metro. It entered revenue service on December 28, 2016. It is located in Dongxihu District Dongxihu District () is one of 13 urban districts of the prefectur ...

, Polytechnic University station and Changqing Huayuan station.

References

External links

Geography of Wuhan County-level divisions of Hubei {{Hubei-geo-stub