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Sub-provincial city
  
Nanjing

1
  
Xuanwu

Province
  
Jiangsu

Time zone
  
China Standard (UTC+8)

2
  
Qinhuai

Qixia District travelneucomoQixiaTempleo27jpg

Country
  
People's Republic of China

Nanjing district map
  
Subdivisions of Nanjing, Jiangsu 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 City Proper 1 Xuanwu 2 Qinhuai 3 Jianye 4 Gulou 5 Yuhuatai 6 Qixia Suburban 7 Jiangning 8 Pukou 9 Luhe Rural 10 Lishui 11 Gaochun

University
  
Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine

Points of interest
  
Qixia Temple, Qixia Mountain, Qixia Mountain Scenic S, Sheshan Qixia Temple, Second Nanjing Yangtze

Qixia District (simplified Chinese: 栖霞区; traditional Chinese: 棲霞區; pinyin: Qīxiá qū or Xīxiá qū) is one of 11 districts of Nanjing, the capital of Jiangsu province, China, straddling both sides of the Yangtze River.

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Map of Qixia, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

It has an area of 80 km2 and a population of 400,000.

Natural and historical sites

Qixia Mountain is in Qixia District. Qixia Temple, a Southern Tang Buddhist temple, is there. During the Qing dynasty, the Qianlong Emperor praised it as the most elegant mountain in Jinling.

A number of Liang dynasty tombs are in the district, primarily in and around the Ganjiaxiang section of the district. Among them, particularly well known is that of Xiao Xiu (475–518), containing one of the best surviving sets of the period's statuary.

Geography

Qixia District includes northern and northeastern parts of the greater Nanjing area, on the right (southeastern) side of the Yangtze River.

Administration

The government of Qixia District administers five subdistricts and three towns. They are:

Subdistricts

  • Yaohua
  • Maigaoqiao
  • Yanziji
  • Maqun
  • Qixia
  • Towns

  • Longtan
  • Jing'an
  • Baguazhou
  • Economy

    Qixia Town is an important land and water transport hub. It is connected to the Shanghai-Nanjing Railway. The No. 312 National Highway and Qixia Highway runs through it.

    It is also connected to the adjacent Second Yangtze River Bridge and Xinshengwei Port to the west, and Shanghai-Nanjing Expressway to the south, opposite the Yangtze River to the north, and east of Longtan Deep Water Port.

    Education

    Qixia district is the location of the Xianlin University City which hosts ten major universities from Jiangsu province.

    Nanjing International School (NIS) is a Pre-k - 12 school for foreign students

    The Japanese Weekend School of Nanjing (南京日本語補習授業校 Nankin Nihongo Hoshū Jugyō Kō), a Japanese weekend program, holds its classes at NIS.

    Geography

    Qixia is 16 km from Nanjing City Central Business District and 40 km from Nanjing Lukou International Airport.

    References

    Qixia District Wikipedia