East China
Jiangsu
Nanjing

Xuanwu

Xuanwu District is one of 11 districts of , the capital of province, China. Xuanwu District is an urban centre located in the north-eastern part of Nanjing. It is the seat of the Nanjing Municipal Government.
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  • Type: City with 538,000 residents
  • Description: district of Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
  • Also known as: “Meiyuan Xincun”, “Meiyuan Xincun Jiedao”, “Xuanwu District”, “Xuanwu Qu”, and “Xuanwu, Nanjing”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Presidential Palace and Fuqiao station.

Museum
Photo: Ken Marshall, CC BY 2.0.
The in , , , housed the Office of the President of the Republic of China from 1927 until the capital was relocated to in 1949.

Metro station
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is a station on Line 3 of the Nanjing Metro. It started operations on 1 April 2015.

Historic building
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The Nanjing , which serves as the Jiangsu Provincial People's Congress and the National Theatre of Drama and Music and Art Gallery, was built in 1936, and is located at No.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Honghua and Xiaolingwei.

Suburb
Photo: 东京村子, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a suburb.

Suburb
is a subdistrict located in , China, near . It is at the south of Nanjing's Zhongshan Gate and southeast of the Ming Dynasty imperial tombs of Nanjing.

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. is situated 8 km west of Xuanwu.

Xuanwu

Latitude
32.05068° or 32° 3′ 2″ north
Longitude
118.79271° or 118° 47′ 34″ east
Population
538,000
Elevation
11 metres (36 feet)
Open location code
8P4W3Q2V+73
Open­Street­Map ID
node 244084413
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
8273502
Wiki­data ID
Q589343
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Yue Chinese—“Xuanwu” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Խուանվո թաղամաս”
  • Basque: “Xuanwu Barrutia”
  • Chinese: “Hiân-bú-khu”
  • Chinese: “梅园新村”
  • Chinese: “梅园新村街道”
  • Chinese: “玄武区”
  • Chinese: “玄武區”
  • Dutch: “Xuanwu District”
  • French: “district de Xuanwu”
  • French: “District de Xuanwu”
  • French: “Xuanwu”
  • Gan Chinese: “玄武区”
  • German: “Xuanwu”
  • Indonesian: “Distrik Xuanwu, Nanjing”
  • Indonesian: “Distrik Xuanwu”
  • Irish: “Ceantar Xuanwu”
  • Italian: “distretto di Xuanwu”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Xuanwu”
  • Japanese: “玄武区”
  • Korean: “쉬안우구”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Hiân-bú-khu”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Xuanwu”
  • Norwegian: “Xuanwu”
  • Portuguese: “Distrito de Xuanwu”
  • Russian: “Сюаньу”
  • Slovenian: “Okraj Šuanvu”
  • Slovenian: “Šuanvu”
  • Spanish: “Xuanwu”
  • Swedish: “Xuanwu, Nanjing”
  • Swedish: “Xuanwu”
  • Urdu: “شوانوو ضلع، نانجنگ”
  • Urdu: “شوانوو ضلع”
  • Vietnamese: “Huyền Vũ, Nam Kinh”
  • Vietnamese: “Huyền Vũ”
  • Welsh: “Ardal Xuanwu”
  • Wu Chinese: “玄武区”
  • Yue Chinese: “玄武區”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include 玄武区人民政府 and 梅园新村派出所.

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