Hedong, Tianjin

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Hedong, Tianjin" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (August 2013) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

Hedong 河东区
District
Coordinates: 39°07′47″N 117°15′04″E / 39.12972°N 117.25111°E / 39.12972; 117.25111
Country	People's Republic of China
Municipality	Tianjin
Township-level divisions	13 subdistricts
Area
• Total	39 km2 (15 sq mi)
Elevation	6 m (21 ft)
Population  (2010)
• Total	730,000
• Density	19,000/km2 (48,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	300171
Area code	0022
Tianjin district map	Subdivisions of Tianjin 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16   Core districts See inset 1 Heping 2 Hedong 3 Hexi 4 Nankai 5 Hebei 6 Hongqiao   Suburbs 7 Dongli 8 Xiqing 9 Jinnan 10 Beichen   Binhai and   Rural 13 Binhai 14 Ninghe 11 Wuqing 15 Jinghai 12 Baodi 16 Ji Zhou

Hedong District (simplified Chinese: 河东区; traditional Chinese: 河東區; pinyin: Hédōng Qū) is located at the heart of the municipality of Tianjin, People's Republic of China. Its name literally means "east of the river", referring to its location east of the Hai River. Parts of the district were once part of the Russian Concession during the colonial period in the early 20th century.

As of 2020, Hedong District has a population of 858,787.^[1] It hosts Tianjin Railway Station, Tianjin Customs House and General Mail Office of Tianjin. It also hosts Tianjin Conservatory of Music and Tianjin Polytechnic University (which used to be a branch of Tianjin University, the oldest university of China).