Hongkou District
| Hongkou 虹口区 | |
|---|---|
| District | |
|
View of Hongkou from a building near the Luxun park | |
 Hongkou in Shanghai | |
| Country | China |
| Region | Shanghai |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
| Hongkou District | |||
| Chinese | 虹口 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Postal Map | Hongkew | ||
| |||
Hongkou (simplified Chinese: 虹口区; traditional Chinese: 虹口區; pinyin: Hóngkǒu Qū; Shanghainese: ghon1kheu2 chiu1), formerly romanized as Hongkew, is a northern district of Shanghai proper, People's Republic of China. It has a land area of 23.48 km2 (9.07 sq mi) and a population of 799,700 as of 2001.
It is the location of the Astor House Hotel, Broadway Mansions, Lu Xun Park and the Lu Xun memorial.
Hongkou is home to the Shanghai International Studies University (SISU) and the Shanghai University of Finance and Economics. Fuxing High School and Shanghai Foreign Language School Affiliated to SISU (SFLS) are the best high schools in this area.
History
During the Second World war when Shanghai was occupied by the Japanese, 20,000 Jewish refugees from Nazi-occupied Europe lived in an overcrowded square-mile section known to as the Shanghai ghetto, in the Tilanqiao neighborhood of Hongkew.[1]
Subdistricts
Hongkou is responsible for the administration of the following subdistricts.[2]
- Tilanqiao (提篮桥街道)
- North Sichuan Road Subdistrict (四川北路街道)
- Ouyang Road Subdistrict (欧阳路街道)
- Guangzhong Road Subdistrict (广中路街道)
- Liangcheng New Village Subdistrict (凉城新村街道)
- Jiaxing Road Subdistrict (嘉兴路街道)
- Quyang Road Subdistrict (曲阳路街道)
- Jiangwanzhen Subdistrict (江湾镇街道).
Economy
Previously Lianhua Supermarket had its Shanghai office in the district.[3]
Schools
- Hongkou Experimental School
Russian Consulate School in Shanghai is a Russian overseas primary school operated by the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, located on the grounds of the Consulate-General of Russia in Shanghai in Hongkou District.[4]
References
- ↑ James Griffiths (21 November 2013). "Shanghai's Forgotten Jewish Past". The Atlantic.
- ↑ "虹口区-行政区划网 www.xzqh.org" (in Chinese). XZQH. Retrieved 2012-05-24.
- ↑ Lianhua 2003(?) Annual Report (Archive). Lianhua Supermarket. p. 2. "Registered Office 11th to 15th Floors 1666 Sichuan (North) Road Shanghai The PRC Place of Business in Hong Kong 26th to 27th Floors Harcourt Building 39 Gloucester Road Wanchai Hong Kong" - Traditional Chinese (Archive): "註冊辦事處 中國上海 四川北路1666號 11至15樓 香港營業地點 香港灣仔告士打道39號 夏愨大廈26至27樓"
- ↑ "Контакты" (Archive). Russian Consulate School in Shanghai. Retrieved on April 14, 2015. "Адрес: 200080, КНР, г. Шанхай ул. Хуанпу № 20. English: 200000, PRC, Shanghai, Hong Kou Qu Districs [sic], 20 Huang Pu Lu"
Further reading
 |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hongkou District. |
- "Hongkou District". Encyclopedia of Shanghai. Shanghai Municipal Government. 2010.
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates: 31°16′13″N 121°30′14″E / 31.2703°N 121.504°E