Shawan, Leshan

Shawan

沙すな湾わん区く
Shawan 沙すな湾わん区く
District
	Shawan in Leshan
	Leshan in Sichuan
	Coordinates: 29°24′47″N 103°33′00″E / 29.41306°N 103.55000°E
Country	China
Province	Sichuan
Prefecture-level city	Leshan
Area
• Total	618 km2 (239 sq mi)
Population (2010)
• Total	187,180
• Density	300/km2 (780/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)

Shawan District (simplified Chinese: 沙すな湾わん区く; traditional Chinese: 沙すな灣わん區く; pinyin: Shāwān Qū) is a district of the city of Leshan, Sichuan Province, China. Shawan is located on the Dadu River around 40 km (25 mi) southwest from what was then called the city of Jiading (Lu) (Chia-ting (Lu), 嘉よしみ定じょう(路みち)), and now is the central urban area of the prefecture-level city of Leshan in Sichuan Province. It is known as the birthplace of Chinese writer Guo Moruo.^[1]

Administrative divisions

Shawan District comprises 1 subdistrict and 8 towns:^[2]

subdistrict

Tonghe 铜河街道かいどう

towns

Shawan 沙すな湾わん镇
Jianong 嘉よしみ农镇
Taiping 太平たいへい镇
Fulu 福ぶく禄ろく镇
Niushi 牛うし石せき镇
Hulu 葫にんにく芦あし镇
Tashui 踏水镇
Zhenxi 轸溪镇

References

^ David Tod Roy, "Kuo Mo-jo: The Early Years". Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts. 1971. No ISBN.
^ 2023年ねん统计用よう区く划代码和城じょう乡划分ぶん代だい码：沙すな湾わん区く (in Simplified Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of China.

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[roy-1] David Tod Roy, "Kuo Mo-jo: The Early Years". Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts. 1971. No ISBN.

[2] 2023年ねん统计用よう区く划代码和城じょう乡划分ぶん代だい码：沙すな湾わん区く (in Simplified Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of China.

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