Yuexiu District


Yuexiu District is one of 11 urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong Province, China, located west of the Tianhe District and east of the Liwan District. It is the commercial, political and cultural centre of Guangdong and noted for its high quality education. The Guangdong provincial government and the Guangzhou city government are both located in the Yuexiu District. Established in 1960, the district absorbed the former Dongshan District in May 2005 along with several former subdistricts of the Baiyun and Tianhe district

History

Yuexiu is the historic center of the capital of the Nanyue Kingdom. Thirty-three years after the unification of Lingnan under Qin Shi Huang forced most of the Yue tribes out of Guangzhou, Yuexiu came under the administration of Panyu County in the Nanhai Commandery. Yuexiu District is named after Yuexiu Hill. Yuexiu was originally the seat of Panyu County until 15 February 1921 when Guangzhou was formally established carving parts of northern Panyu County to create Yuexiu along with Liwan which was eastern part of Nanhai County.
Dongshan in the eastern part of Yuexiu was a former suburb of Guangzhou. It was established as "Dongshan District" in 1960. On 28 April 2005, it was withdrawn and merged with Yuexiu.

Administrative subdivisions

Yuexiu has administrative jurisdiction over the following 18 subdistricts
NameChinese Hanyu PinyinCanton RomanizationPopulation Area
Baiyun Subdistrict白云街道Báiyún Jiēdàobag6 wen4 gai1 dou646,7683.08
Beijing Subdistrict北京街道Běijīng Jiēdàobeg1 ging1 gai1 dou653,1350.51
Dadong Subdistrict大东街道Dàdōng Jiēdàodai6 dung1 gai1 dou683,4911.02
Datang Subdistrict大塘街道Dàtáng Jiēdàodai6 tong4 gai1 dou646,1241.06
Dengfeng Subdistrict登峰街道Dēngfēng Jiēdàodeng1 fung1 gai1 dou692,2184.98
Dongshan Subdistrict东山街道Dōngshān Jiēdàodung1 san1 gai1 dou674,2992.30
Guangta Subdistrict光塔街道Guāngtǎ Jiēdàoguong1 tab3 gai1 dou668,1280.44
Hongqiao Subdistrict洪桥街道Hóngqiáo Jiēdàohung4 kiu4 gai1 dou642,2581.52
Huale Subdistrict华乐街道Huálè Jiēdàowa4 log6 gai1 dou647,1261.28
Huanghuagang Subdistrict黄花岗街道Huánghuāgāng Jiēdàowong4 fa1 gong1 gai1 dou699,5694.43
Jianshe Subdistrict建设街道Jiànshè Jiēdàogin3 qid3 gai1 dou652,1100.93
Kuangquan Subdistrict矿泉街道Kuàngquán Jiēdàokong3 qun4 gai1 dou690,0363.01
Liuhua Subdistrict流花街道Liúhuā Jiēdàoleo4 fa1 gai1 dou617,2531.81
Liurong Subdistrict六榕街道Liùróng Jiēdàolug6 yung4 gai1 dou683,9960.87
Meihuacun Subdistrict梅花村街道Méihuācūn Jiēdàomui4 fa1 qun1 gai1 dou685,4001.73
Nonglin Subdistrict农林街道Nónglín Jiēdàonung4 lem4 gai1 dou650,1521.08
Renmin Subdistrict人民街道Rénmín Jiēdàoyen4 men4 gai1 dou669,2741.51
Zhuguang Subdistrict珠光街道Zhūguāng Jiēdàoju1 guong1 gai1 dou656,3290.93

The Guangdong Department of Education is headquartered in Yuexiu District.

Economy

is headquartered in the Wuzi Building in the Yuexiu District.
The Mainland China offices of Dairy Farm Group are located at the Guangdong Mechanical Sub-Building in the district.

Transportation

Metro

Yuexiu is currently served by four metro lines operated by the Guangzhou Metro:
The American International School of Guangzhou elementary school campus is on Ersha Island in the district.
Previously the École Française Internationale de Canton, the French international school of Guangzhou, was located at the GoldArch Riverdale development on Ersha Island.