Gulou District () is a district of the city of Xuzhou, Jiangsu province, China. It is named after the drum tower of Xuzhou, which built in 1379 but ruined in 1952 because of falling into disrepair. Gulou District was a traditional business district before its expansion.
History In 1938, the urban area of Tongshan County, namely the former No. 1 District was separated out to establish Xuzhou City by the occupying Imperial Japanese military. KMT retained this administrative division after capitulation of Japan. It was renamed Gulou in 1955. After the Cultural Revolution began, it was renamed Yan'an (named after former communist revolutionary headquarter, Yan'an) in 1967, thereafter was restored its former name in 1980. Xuzhou Economic and Technological Development Zone was transferred to Gulou from Tongshan in 2005.
Administrative districts In the present, Gulou District has 8 subdistricts and 1 towns. Administrative divisionPopulationArea (km2)Density (per km2)Pipa Subdistrict ()29,593 (2010)17.71,672Huanglou Subdistrict ()42,900 (2010)1.823,833Fengcai Subdistrict ()76,713 (2010)9.77,909Huancheng Subdistrict ()83,311 (2010)3.623,142Pailou Subdistrict ()22,012 (2010)4.454,947Tongpei Subdistrict ()50,756 (2010)68,459Donghuan Subdistrict ()24,932 (2010)3.76,738Jinshanqiao Subdistrict ()31,598 (2010)74,514Miaoshan Town () - -N/A Jiuli Subdistrict () is merged to other.
References
www.xzqh.org