Huanggu District
Huanggu District is one of ten districts of the prefecture-level city of Shenyang, the capital of the Chinese province of Liaoning. It borders Shenbei New Area to the north, Dadong to the east, Shenhe to the southeast, Heping to the south, Tiexi to the southwest, and Yuhong to the west.Toponymy
The district is named after Huanggutun, where the Huanggutun Incident took place. The name is actually a mis-tranliteration of the pronunciation for Fiyanggū, the Manchu Prince Jian of the First Rank whose tomb was in the area.Politics
Huanggu District hosts the seat of the Provincial Government of Liaoning.Administrative divisions
Huanggu has twelve subdistricts:
- Liaohe Subdistrict
- Shouquan Subdistrict
- Santaizi Subdistrict
- Minglian Subdistrict
- Tawan Subdistrict
- Huanghe Subdistrict
- Lingbei Subdistrict
- Huashan Subdistrict
- Xinle Subdistrict
- Sandongqiao Subdistrict
- Shelita Subdistrict
- Beita Subdistrict
- Lingdong Subdistrict
Education
The main campus of the Liaoning University of Traditional Chinese Medicine is in this district.Visitor attractions
The district is the site of Beiling park, the large historical mausoleum of Qing dynasty emperor Huang Taiji, as well as the Liaoning Mansion Hotel.
