Jiangxia District () is one of 13 urban
districts
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of the
prefecture-level city
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of
Wuhan
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, the capital of
Hubei
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province,
China
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, situated on the eastern (right) bank of the
Yangtze River
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. Jiangxia district has an area of and a population of 1,308,469 in 2020. 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 (south of Guanggu Circle) 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 (
纸坊) some south of Wuhan proper.
The Longquanshan Scenic Area (
龙泉山), which contains the tombs of the Ming Princes of Chu (Wuchang-based descendants of the
Hongwu Emperor
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) 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:
Climate
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 (presently, no passenger service) 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 (纸坊东站; ) serves the district's urban core. It takes 40-50 min by commuter train from Zhifang East to Wuhan's
Wuchang Railway Station
Wuchang railway station is a major railway station on the Beijing–Guangzhou railway, the Wuhan–Jiujiang railway and the Hankou–Danjiangkou railway, located on the east side of Zhongshan Road in Wuchang District, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
F ...
.
As of 2012, the authorities were considering repurposing the military Shanpo Airfield (山坡机场; ), located in the district's Shanpo Township (Shanpo Subdistrict since August 2011), 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 (after
Tianhe).
武汉第二机场项目已上报发改委 江夏山坡机场开始“控违”
(The plan for Wuhan's second airport has been submitted to the National Development and Reform Commission
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. Shanpo Airfield, in Jiangxia District, started to be considered), 2012-11-21
Gallery
File:Wuhan-Longquanshan-DSCF1033+1034.jpg, The tortoise-borne memorial stele for Zhu Zhen (1367-1424), the first of the Ming Princes of Chu buried at Longquanshan
File:Jiangxia-buffalo-4273.jpg, Most of Jiangxia is rural
References
External links
Jiangxia government official website
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County-level divisions of Hubei
Geography of Wuhan