Binhu District (simplified Chinese: 滨湖区; traditional Chinese: 濱湖區; pinyin: Bīnhú Qū) is one of six urban districts of Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, People's Republic of China.
Binhu
滨湖区 | |
|---|---|
 Lingshan Town Nianhua Bay | |
  Binhu Location in Jiangsu | |
| Coordinates (Binhu District government): 31°31′40″N 120°17′03″E / 31.5278°N 120.2843°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Jiangsu |
| Prefecture-level city | Wuxi |
| Area | |
| • Total | 608.58 km2 (234.97 sq mi) |
| • Land | 572 km2 (221 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 504,000 |
| • Density | 830/km2 (2,100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 214100 |
| Website | http://www.jiangsu.gov.cn/col/col49048/index.html |
Located in the delta hinterland of the Yangtze River to the southwest of Wuxi City, the district has an area of 608.58 square kilometres (234.97 sq mi), of which 262.49 square kilometres (101.35 sq mi) is land, and a total population of 310,000.
Binhu district is the cradle of the ancient Wu culture and the birthplace of modern industrial and town-based enterprises.
Administrative divisions
editIn the present, Binhu District has 9 subdistricts.[1]
- 9 subdistricts
Education
editWuxi International School (WIS; 无锡国际学校) currently occupies a campus in Binhu District.[2]
References
edit- ^ "无锡市-行政区划网 www.xzqh.org" (in Chinese). XZQH. Retrieved 2012-05-24.
- ^ "Contact Us Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine" (https://www.webcitation.org/6XTLM9Ppn?url=http://www.wids.cn/about/contact/ Archive]). Wuxi International School. Retrieved on April 2, 2015. "No.8, Wan Xin Road, Bin Hu District, Wuxi City, Jiang Su Province"
 | This Jiangsu location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |