Zhonglou, Changzhou

Zhonglou

钟楼区く
Zhonglou 钟楼区く
District
	Clock tower located near Qingguo Lane
	Zhonglou Location in Jiangsu
	Coordinates: 31°47′41″N 119°54′32″E / 31.7948°N 119.9090°E
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Jiangsu
Prefecture-level city	Changzhou
Area
• Total	133 km2 (51 sq mi)
Population (2016)
• Total	617,000
• Density	4,600/km2 (12,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	213000

Zhonglou District (simplified Chinese: 钟楼区く; traditional Chinese: 鐘樓しょうろう區く; pinyin: Zhōnglóu Qū; lit. 'Clock tower') is one of five districts under the jurisdiction of Changzhou in Jiangsu province of the People's Republic of China. The local language is the Changzhou dialect of Wu Chinese. The postal code for the district is 213002. Zhonglou covers an area of 71 square kilometers. In 2001 the total population was recorded at 320,000 people.

It is also the location of the Nan Da Jie shopping mall (Chinese: 南大みなみおお街がい; pinyin: Nán Dà Jiē; lit. 'South Avenue'), one of the unofficial centers of the city. Nan Da Jie is home to many restaurants and chain stores as well as a number of educational companies and apartment complexes.

The district takes its name from a large belfry that once stood in the area.^[1]

Administrative divisions[edit]

At present, Zhonglou District has 7 subdistricts.^[2]

7 subdistricts

Wuxing (五ご星ほし街道かいどう)
Yonghong (永えい红街道どう)
Beigang (北港ほくこう街道かいどう)
Xilin (西林にしばやし街道かいどう)

Hehuachi (荷に花池はないけ街道かいどう)
Nandajie (南大みなみおお街がい街道かいどう)
Xinzha (新しん闸街道どう)

References[edit]

^ 走はし进钟楼ろう Archived September 19, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
^ "常つね州しゅう市し-行政ぎょうせい区く划网 www.xzqh.org" (in Chinese). XZQH. Retrieved 2012-05-24.

External links[edit]

Official site of the Zhonglou district government (Chinese)

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[1] 走はし进钟楼ろう Archived September 19, 2008, at the Wayback Machine

[2] "常つね州しゅう市し-行政ぎょうせい区く划网 www.xzqh.org" (in Chinese). XZQH. Retrieved 2012-05-24.

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