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4 unusual facts about Xuanwu District


Xuanwu District

Xuanwu District, Beijing (宣武区), former district that was merged into Xicheng District

Xuanwu District, Beijing

Prior to the district's dissolution, The High School Affiliated to Beijing Normal University was located in Xuanwu.

Wenfei Wang, Shangyi Zhou, and C. Cindy Fan, the authors of "Growth and Decline of Muslim Hui Enclaves in Beijing," stated in 2002 that Beijing's economic development was northward oriented and the economic development in the Xuanwu District "lags behind" Dongcheng District and Xicheng District, adjacent districts located towards the north.

Xuanwu District, Nanjing

More than 70 academics from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering are located in Jiangsu Province, almost half of them in Xuanwu District.


Line 7, Beijing Subway

It is planned to run parallel and to the south of Line 1 and Batong Line, from the Beijing West Railway Station in Xuanwu District to Jiaohuachang (Coking Plant) in Tongzhou District.


see also

Taoranting

Taoranting Park (陶然亭公园), city park in the former Xuanwu District, which is now part of Xicheng District