Xuhui District
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Xuhui District (徐汇区; pinyin: Xúhuì Qū) is a district of Shanghai. It has a land area of 54.76 km² and a population of 847,900 as of 2001.
The Xuhui District is centred on Xujiahui, after which it is named. Xujiahui was historically land owned by Ming dynasty bureaucrat and scientist Xu Guangqi, and later donated to the Roman Catholic Church. Being the core of Catholic Shanghai, the Xuhui District formed, togeether with neighbouring Luwan District, the former French Concession of Shanghai. Vestiges of the French influence can still be seen in the St. Ignatius Cathedral of Shanghai, Xuhui College, the Xujiahui Observatory, and some remaining boulevards and French-style districts.
Parts of today's Xuhui District were once the premier residential districts of Shanghai. After the revolution, however, the large estates near Xujiahui were turned into factories. In the 1990s, the Shanghai municipal government developed the district as a commercial zone. Prominent commercial areas in the district include the former Xiangyang Crafts and Gifts Market, a haven for souvenirs and intellectual property-infringing products popular with overseas tourists. Xujiahui itself was redeveloped as a commercial centre, with a proliferation of large-scale shopping centres and department stores.
A number of former residences of prominent personalities remain, including Song Qingling and Sun Yat-sen's former residence. The educational tradition begun by Jesuits in Xujiahui continues with Shanghai Jiaotong University, the permier technical university in southern China.
It has 10 sub-districts and two townships.
[edit] External links
- http://www.apeid.xh.sh.cn/jwt/info/cat/index.php?pCatId=46
- http://www.logan.qld.gov.au/LCC/logan/sistercities/xuhui.htm
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