Dongqu Subdistrict
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Dongqu
东区街道 | |
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Coordinates: 22°46′03″N 113°17′46″E / 22.76750°N 113.29611°E | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Province | Guangdong |
Prefecture-level city | Zhongshan |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Dongqu Subdistrict (simplified Chinese: 东区; traditional Chinese: 東區; pinyin: Dōng Qū; Jyutping: dung1 keoi1), also known as East Subdistrict, or Eastern Subdistrict, is a subdistrict of Zhongshan City, Guangdong, China, which was established in 1987. It is the location of the Zhongshan Municipal Government, and is the political, economic, and cultural centre the city, and is renowned for being the (ancestral) hometown of 32,000 overseas Chinese.[1] It covers 71.4 square kilometres (27.6 sq mi) and permanent population of 120,000.[1] Officially, it is a subdistrict (东区街道).[2]
References
- ^ a b East District, Zhongshan
- ^ 2009 年中山市行政区划 Archived 2011-03-07 at the Wayback Machine. 23 November 2010. Accessed 2011-04-16
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