Yuexiu District

Yuexiu 越秀区
District
Yuexiu in Guangzhou
Coordinates:
Country	China
Region	Guangzhou
Area
• Total	33.80 km2 (13.05 sq mi)
Population (2014)
• Total	1,146,500
• Density	34,000/km2 (88,000/sq mi)
Time zone	China Standard (UTC+8)
Postal code	510030
Area code(s)	020
Website	www.yuexiu.gov.cn

Yuexiu District
Simplified Chinese	越秀区
Traditional Chinese	越秀區
Canton Romanization	yud6 seo3 kêu1
Hanyu Pinyin	Yuèxiù Qū
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Yuèxiù Qū Yue: Cantonese Jyutping jyut6 sau3 keoi1 Yale Romanization Yuhtsau Kēui Canton Romanization yud6 seo3 kêu1
Alternative Chinese name
Chinese	越秀
Canton Romanization	yud6 seo3
Hanyu Pinyin	Yuèxiù
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Yuèxiù Yue: Cantonese Jyutping jyut6 sau3 Yale Romanization Yuhtsau Canton Romanization yud6 seo3
Second alternative Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	东山
Traditional Chinese	東山
Canton Romanization	dung1 san1
Hanyu Pinyin	Dōngshān
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Dōngshān Yue: Cantonese Jyutping dung1 saan1 Yale Romanization Dūngsāan Canton Romanization dung1 san1

Yuexiu District is a district in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, located west of the Tianhe District and east of the Liwan District. It is the commercial, political and cultural centre of Guangdong and noted for its high quality education. 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

History

Yuexiu is the historic center of the capital of the Nanyue Kingdom. Thirty-three years after the unification of Lingnan under Qin Shi Huang forced most of the Yue tribes out of Guangzhou, Yuexiu came under the administration of Panyu County in the Nanhai Commandery. Yuexiu District is named after Yuexiu Hill. Yuexiu was originally the seat of Panyu County until 15 February 1921 when Guangzhou was formally established carving parts of northern Panyu County to create Yuexiu along with Liwan which was eastern part of Nanhai County.

Dongshan in the eastern part of Yuexiu was a former suburb of Guangzhou. It was established as "Dongshan District" in 1960. On 28 April 2005, it was withdrawn and merged with Yuexiu.

Administrative subdivisions

Yuexiu has administrative jurisdiction over the following 18 subdistricts

Name	Chinese (S)	Hanyu Pinyin	Canton Romanization	Population (2010)
Baiyun Subdistrict	白云街道	Báiyún Jiēdào	bag6 wen4 gai1 dou6	46,768
Beijing Subdistrict	北京街道	Běijīng Jiēdào	beg1 ging1 gai1 dou6	53,135
Dadong Subdistrict	大东街道	Dàdōng Jiēdào	dai6 dung1 gai1 dou6	83,491
Datang Subdistrict	大塘街道	Dàtáng Jiēdào	dai6 tong4 gai1 dou6	46,124
Dengfeng Subdistrict	登峰街道	Dēngfēng Jiēdào	deng1 fung1 gai1 dou6	92,218
Dongshan Subdistrict	东山街道	Dōngshān Jiēdào	dung1 san1 gai1 dou6	74,299
Guangta Subdistrict	光塔街道	Guāngtǎ Jiēdào	guong1 tab3 gai1 dou6	68,128
Hongqiao Subdistrict	洪桥街道	Hóngqiáo Jiēdào	hung4 kiu4 gai1 dou6	42,258
Huale Subdistrict	华乐街道	Huálè Jiēdào	wa4 log6 gai1 dou6	47,126
Huanghuagang Subdistrict	黄花岗街道	Huánghuāgāng Jiēdào	wong4 fa1 gong1 gai1 dou6	99,569
Jianshe Subdistrict	建设街道	Jiànshè Jiēdào	gin3 qid3 gai1 dou6	52,110
Kuangquan Subdistrict	矿泉街道	Kuàngquán Jiēdào	kong3 qun4 gai1 dou6	90,036
Liuhua Subdistrict	流花街道	Liúhuā Jiēdào	leo4 fa1 gai1 dou6	17,253
Liurong Subdistrict	六榕街道	Liùróng Jiēdào	lug6 yung4 gai1 dou6	83,996
Meihuacun Subdistrict	梅花村街道	Méihuācūn Jiēdào	mui4 fa1 qun1 gai1 dou6	85,400
Nonglin Subdistrict	农林街道	Nónglín Jiēdào	nung4 lem4 gai1 dou6	50,152
Renmin Subdistrict	人民街道	Rénmín Jiēdào	yen4 men4 gai1 dou6	69,274
Zhuguang Subdistrict	珠光街道	Zhūguāng Jiēdào	ju1 guong1 gai1 dou6	56,329

• On 15 March 2013 Dongfeng Subdistrict merged into Liurong Subdistrict, Shishu Subdistrict merged into Guangta Subdistrict, Daxin Subdistrict merged into Renmin Subdistrict, and Guangwei Subdistrict merged into Beijing Subdistrict.

Economy

Creative Power Entertaining is headquartered in the Wuzi Building (Chinese: 物资大厦) in the Yuexiu District.

Transportation

Metro

Yuexiu is currently served by four metro lines operated by the Guangzhou Metro:

• - Yangji ( 5 ), Dongshankou ( 6 ), Martyrs' Park, Peasant Movement Institute, Gongyuanqian ( 2 ), Ximenkou
• - Guangzhou Station ( 5 ), Yuexiu Park, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Gongyuanqian ( 1 ), Haizhu Square ( 6 )
• - Guangzhou Station ( 2 ), Xiaobei, Taojin, Ouzhuang ( 6 ), Zoo, Yangji ( 1 ), Wuyangcun
• - Yide Lu, Haizhu Square ( 2 ), Beijing Lu, Tuanyida Square, Donghu, Dongshankou ( 1 ), Ouzhuang ( 5 ), Huanghuagang

See also

• Africans in Guangzhou

External links

• Official website of Yuexiu District government (simplified Chinese)