Gulou

Gulou District is one of 11 districts of , the capital of province, . It is named after the Drum Tower of Nanjing.
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  • Type: City with 940,000 residents
  • Description: district of Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China
  • Also known as: “Gulou District”, “Gulou District, Nanjing”, “Gulou Qu”, and “Gulou, Nanjing”
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Xuanwu Lake Park and Qingliangshan Park.

Park
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Xuanwu Lake is located in Xuanwu District in the central-northeast part of , . It is near the Nanjing Railway Station and . Five islands within the lake are interconnected by arched bridges.

Park
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(Chinese, is a 73 hectares park located in the Gulou District, Nanjing, China. It sits on Qingliang Hill, which is more than 100 metres high and 4 kilometres in radius.

Shopping center
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is an upscale office and shopping mall complex in Xinjiekou, , Province. The shopping mall is one of the largest in Nanjing and features flagship stores of numerous luxurious brands, including Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent, Louis Vuitton, Bvlgari, Cartier, Dior, Hermes, Chanel, prada, Tiffany & Co., among others.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Xinjiekou and Saihongqiao.

Suburb
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is the central business district of , People's Republic of China. It gave its name to subway station.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Neighborhood
is a former town in the Jianye District of , located on the Jia River, a tributary of the River. The former Wang Hanzhou residence, Jianghan Hall, Ancient Sun Palace, and other ancient cultural sites are located in the area.

Gulou

Latitude
32.069° or 32° 4′ 8″ north
Longitude
118.7648° or 118° 45′ 53″ east
Population
940,000
Elevation
6 metres (20 feet)
Open location code
8P4W3Q97+JW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 244084407
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
6567624
Wiki­data ID
Q1337456
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Yue Chinese—“Gulou” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Gulou Barrutia”
  • Basque: “Gulou”
  • Chinese: “Gǔlóu Qū”
  • Chinese: “Kó͘-lâu-khu”
  • Chinese: “鼓楼”
  • Chinese: “鼓楼区”
  • Chinese: “鼓樓區”
  • Dutch: “Gulou District”
  • French: “district de Gulou”
  • French: “District de Gulou”
  • French: “Gulou”
  • Gan Chinese: “鼓楼区”
  • German: “Gulou”
  • Indonesian: “Distrik Gulou, Nanjing”
  • Indonesian: “Distrik Gulou”
  • Italian: “distretto di Gulou”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Gulou”
  • Italian: “Gulou”
  • Japanese: “鼓楼区”
  • Korean: “구러우구”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Kó͘-lâu-khu”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gulou”
  • Norwegian: “Gulou”
  • Portuguese: “Distrito de Gulou”
  • Russian: “Гулоу”
  • Spanish: “Gulou”
  • Swedish: “Gulou, Nanjing”
  • Swedish: “Gulou”
  • Urdu: “گولوو ضلع، نانجنگ”
  • Urdu: “گولوو ضلع”
  • Vietnamese: “Cổ Lâu, Nam Kinh”
  • Vietnamese: “Cổ Lâu”
  • Welsh: “Ardal Gulou”
  • Wu Chinese: “鼓楼区（南京市）”
  • Wu Chinese: “鼓楼区”
  • Yue Chinese: “鼓樓”
  • Yue Chinese: “鼓樓區”

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