Huyi District

Huyi District (Chinese: 鄠邑区, pinyin:HùYì Qū) is a District of Xi'an, Shaanxi, China. Qinling Mountain is to the south. Wei River is to the north. Chang'an District is to the east. Zhouzhi County is to the west. It covers 1,279.42 square kilometres (493.99 sq mi). As of November 2010, 556,377 people lived there.^[1]

History

In Xia Dynasty (2100 BC - 1600 BC), here named Hushi Country (扈氏国), meaning "Hu family's country", it's the origin of Hu County. After changed some names, it named Hu Country (扈国). And in Qin Dynasty (221 BC -206 BC), "扈" changed to "鄠" in Chinese language, and then country changed to county. In 1964, "鄠" changed to "户".^[2]Chinese government changed its name from "Hu County(户县)" to "Huyi District(鄠邑区)"On Nov. 24,2016.^[3]

Area

There are 14 towns in Huyi:

Ganting,Yuxia,Zuan,Qinduz,Dawang,Caotang,Jiangcun,Pangguang,Laodian,Ganhe,Shijing,Yuchan,Wuzhu and Weifeng.

Transportation

Railway:Xi'an–Chengdu high-speed railway,Xi'an-Yuxia Railway.

Railway Station:Huyi Railway Station,Yuxia Railway Station.

↑ Xi'an Daily (2011-05-24). "西安市2010年第六次全国人口普查主要数据公报" (in Chinese). Netease News. Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
↑ "行政区划" (in Chinese). Hu County Government. Archived from the original on September 29, 2012. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
↑ "陕西省人民政府关于同意西安市调整部分行政区划的批复". 2016-12-30. Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2018-03-10.

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[1] Xi'an Daily (2011-05-24). "西安市2010年第六次全国人口普查主要数据公报" (in Chinese). Netease News. Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved June 29, 2012.

[2] "行政区划" (in Chinese). Hu County Government. Archived from the original on September 29, 2012. Retrieved June 29, 2012.

[3] "陕西省人民政府关于同意西安市调整部分行政区划的批复". 2016-12-30. Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2018-03-10.

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