Qiaokou District () is one of 13 urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Wuhan, the capital of Hubei Province, China. It is situated on the northern (left) bank of the Han River.
Along with Dongxihu, it is the only district of Wuhan to not have any shoreline along the Yangtze River, and it borders Dongxihu to the north, Jianghan to the east, and Hanyang to the south across the Han River. 'Qiaokou' is used as an example of the usage of the rarely used character / in the Contemporary Chinese Dictionary. It is said that the character 'qiao' refers to stone bridges constructed over the Han River in the Late Qing. The district is part of the historical Hankou.
Geography Administrative divisions As of 2017, Qiaokou District was divided into eleven subdistricts: # Name Chinese (S) Hanyu Pinyin English Meaning Population (2010) Area (km2)(2016)(Area numbers taken from the first line of each individual page about the subdistricts.) Subdistricts 1 Yijia Subdistrict Yi Family 86,627 9.2 2 Gutian Subdistrict Old Field 5.5 3 Changfeng Subdistrict Perennial harvest 179,152 10.9 4 Hanjiadun Subdistrict Han's Family pier 94,340 4.59 5 Zongguan Subdistrict Zong Guan 64,649 4.7 6 Hanshuiqiao Subdistrict Hanshui Bridge 71,776 2.35 7 Baofeng Subdistrict Treasure abundant 56,647 2.31 8 Ronghua Subdistrict Prosperity 50,592 0.82 9 Hanzhong Subdistrict Hanzhong 29,597 1.28 10 Liujiaoting Subdistrict Six Corner Pavilion 46,285 0.93 11 Hanzheng Subdistrict Hanzheng 113,975 1.67former Chongren Subdistrict Venerate Benevolence 36,025
References
External links Qiaokou District government official site