Wolong District () is a
District
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in the center part of
Nanyang, in the southwest of
Henan province
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People's Republic of China
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. It possesses a total area of , and has a population of 930,000.
Geography
Within this area, the land level is much higher in the north than in the south.
The Wolong District is part of the
Yangtze River Basin.
Administrative divisions
As of 2012, this district is divided to 9 subdistricts, 7 towns and 4 townships.
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Education
Higher education
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Nanyang Institute of Technology
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Nanyang Normal University
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Nanyang Medical College
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Nanyang Vocational College of Agriculture[http://www.nyac.cn/ (Chinese)]()
Infrastructure
Transport
Railways
Highways and expressways
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China National Highway 312
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G40 Shanghai–Xi'an Expressway
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G55 Erenhot–Guangzhou Expressway
The Erenhot–Guangzhou Expressway ( zh, s=二连浩特—广州高速公路), designated as G55 and commonly referred to as the Erguang Expressway ( zh, s=二广高速公路) is an expressway that connects the cities of Erenhot, Inner Mongolia, a ...
See also
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Expressways of Henan
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China National Highways
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Expressways of China
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Henan
Henan; alternatively Honan is a province in Central China. Henan is home to many heritage sites, including Yinxu, the ruins of the final capital of the Shang dynasty () and the Shaolin Temple. Four of the historical capitals of China, Lu ...
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Nanyang, Henan
Nanyang is a prefecture-level city in the southwest of Henan province, China. The city with the largest administrative area in Henan, Nanyang borders Xinyang to the southeast, Zhumadian to the east, Pingdingshan to the northeast, Luoyang to the n ...
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Wancheng District
References
External links
www.wolong.gov.cn
Nanyang, Henan
County-level divisions of Henan
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