Hongshan District () is one of 13 urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Wuhan, the capital of Hubei Province, China. The district is named for Mount Hong, located near East Lake. It is the most populous of all the districts, and is the most spacious but least densely populated among the city's seven core districts.
Geography The district is located primarily on the right bank of the Yangtze River but also includes Tianxing Island () and White Sand Island () which are in the Yangtze River. The district borders Wuchang and Qingshan to the north and Jiangxia District to the south; it administers the southern bank of the Yangtze, eastern half of East Lake and the northwest of Tangxun Lake; on the left bank it borders, from west to east, Caidian, Hanyang, Jiang'an, Huangpi, and Xinzhou. The district also borders Huarong District, part of the prefecture-level city of Ezhou. There are several mountains in Hongshan District including Mount Hong () and Mount Yujia ().
Administrative divisions
The district contains at least 9 subdistricts and 1 township:
NBS Area No. Name (from Mand.) Chinese (Simp.) Pinyin Population (2010) Area (km2) 420111001000 Luonan Subdistrict Luònán Jiēdào 230,583 13 420111002000 Guanshan Subdistrict Guānshān Jiēdào 314,096 34 420111003000 Shizishan Subdistrict 99,255 14 420111004000 Zhangjiawan Subdistrict Zhāngjiāwān Jiēdào 27,028 26 420111005000 Liyuan Subdistrict Líyuán Jiēdào 22,384 3.76 420111006000 Zhuodaoquan Subdistrict Zhuódāoquán Jiēdào established in Nov 2010 420111007000 Hongshan Subdistrict Hóngshān Jiēdào 164,992 62 420111008000 Heping Subdistrict Hépíng Jiēdào 107,811 42 420111009000 Qingling Subdistrict Qīnglíng Jiēdào 79,913 62.5 420111205000 Tianxing Township (T'ien-hsing-chou) Tiānxing Xiāng 3,368 26 420111460000 Qingtanhu 清潭湖/清谭湖办事处 Qīngtánhú Bànshìchù 6,438 420111491000 East Lake Scenic Area Dōnghú Fēngjǐngqū Jiēdào 53,110
Destinations Happy Valley Wuhan () is a theme park in Hongshan District. Opened on 29 April 2012, it is the fifth installation of the Happy Valley theme park chain.
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