Yuexiu
越秀区 | |
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Coordinates: 23°08′13″N 113°15′29″E / 23.137°N 113.258°E | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Province | Guangdong |
Sub-provincial city | Guangzhou |
Area | |
• Total | 32.82 km2 (12.67 sq mi) |
Population (2014[1]) | |
• Total | 1,146,500 |
• Density | 35,000/km2 (90,000/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Postal code | 510030 |
Area code | 020 |
Website | www |
Yuexiu, Guangzhou | |||||||||||||||||
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Simplified Chinese | 越秀区 | ||||||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 越秀區 | ||||||||||||||||
Jyutping | jyut6 sau3 keoi1 | ||||||||||||||||
Hanyu Pinyin | Yuèxiù Qū | ||||||||||||||||
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Alternative Chinese name | |||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 越秀 | ||||||||||||||||
Jyutping | jyut6 sau3 | ||||||||||||||||
Hanyu Pinyin | Yuèxiù | ||||||||||||||||
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Second alternative Chinese name | |||||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 东山 | ||||||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 東山 | ||||||||||||||||
Jyutping | dung1 saan1 | ||||||||||||||||
Hanyu Pinyin | Dōngshān | ||||||||||||||||
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Yuexiu District is one of 11 urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong Province, China, located west of the Tianhe District and east of the Liwan District. It is the commercial, political and cultural centre of Guangdong[2] and noted for its high-quality education.[3] 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.[4] Yuexiu District has 18 streets under its jurisdiction. The total area is 33.8 square kilometers.[5] According to the seventh census data, as of 0:00 on 1 November 2020, the resident population of Yuexiu District was 1,038,643. [6]