Hedong District, Tianjin

Hedong 河东区
District
Coordinates: 39°07′47″N 117°15′04″E / 39.12972°N 117.25111°E
Country	People's Republic of China
Municipality	Tianjin
Township-level divisions	13 subdistricts
Area
• Total	39 km^2 (15 sq mi)
Elevation	6 m (21 ft)
Population (2010)
• Total	730,000
• Density	19,000/km^2 (48,000/sq mi)
Time zone	China Standard (UTC+8)
Postal code	300171
Area code(s)	0022
Tianjin district map	Subdivisions of Tianjin 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16      Core districts See inset 1 Heping 2 Hedong 3 Hexi 4 Nankai 5 Hebei 6 Hongqiao      Suburbs 7 Dongli 8 Xiqing 9 Jinnan 10 Beichen      Binhai and      Rural 13 Binhai 14 Ninghe 11 Wuqing 15 Jinghai 12 Baodi 16 Ji Zhou

Hedong District (simplified Chinese: 河东区; traditional Chinese: 河東區; pinyin: Hédōng Qū) is located at the heart of the municipality of Tianjin, People's Republic of China. Its name literally means "east of the river", referring to its location east of the Hai River. Parts of the district were once part of the Russian Concession during the colonial period in the early 20th Century. Hedong District hosts Tianjin Railway Station, Tianjin Customs House and General Mail Office of Tianjin. It also hosts Tianjin Conservatory of Music and Tianjin Polytechnic University (which used to be a branch of Tianjin University, the oldest university of China).

Administrative divisions

There are 13 subdistricts in the district:^[1]

Name	Chinese (S)	Hanyu Pinyin	Population (2010)[2]
Dawangzhuang Subdistrict	大王庄街道	Dàwángzhuāng Jiēdào	65,614
Dazhigu Subdistrict	大直沽街道	Dàzhígū Jiēdào	88,860
Zhongshanmen Subdistrict	中山门街道	Zhōngshānmén Jiēdào	94,762
Fumin Road Subdistrict	富民路街道	Fùmínlù Jiēdào	45,419
Erhaoqiao Subdistrict	二号桥街道	Èrhàoqiáo Jiēdào	61,547
Chunhua Subdistrict	春华街道	Chūnhuájiē Jiēdào	69,829
Tangjiakou Subdistrict	唐家口街道	Tángjiākǒu Jiēdào	72,845
Xiangyanglou Subdistrict	向阳楼街道	Xiàngyánglóu Jiēdào	80,678
Changzhou Street Subdistrict	常州道街道	Chángzhōudào Jiēdào	51,447
Shanghang Road Subdistrict	上杭路街道	Shànghánglù Jiēdào	66,164
Lushan Street Subdistrict	鲁山道街道	Lǔshāndào Jiēdào	90,809
Dongxin Subdistrict	东新街道	Dōngxīn Jiēdào	43,109
Tianjin Tiechang Subdistrict	天津铁厂街道	Tiānjīn Tiěchǎng Jiēdào	29,769

Transportation

Metro

Hedong is currently served by three metro lines operated by Tianjin Metro:

•      Line 2 - Tianjinzhan  3  9 , Yuanyangguojizhongxin, Shunchiqiao, Jingjianglu, Cuifuxincun
•      Line 2 - Tianjinzhan  2  9 
•      Line 9 - Tianjinzhan  2  3 , Dawangzhuang, Shiyijing Road, Zhigu, Dongxing Road, Zhongshanmen, Yihaoqiao, Erhaoqiao

Education

Universities

• Tianjin Conservatory of Music
• Tianjin Polytechnic

High Schools

• Number Seven High School
• High School Attached to Conservatory of Music
• No. 32 High School

Primary Schools

• Hedong Experimental Primary School
• Hedong First Center Primary School

Culture and leisure

Cultural Interests

• Tianjin Railway Station
• Tianjin Custom House
• General Mail Office of Tianjin
• Hedong Library
• Music Street

Parks

• Second Palace Park
• Hedong Park
• Riverside (Hebin) Park

Hospitals

• Tianjin First Center Hospital (Dong Yuan)
• Tianjin Third Center Hospital
• Tianjin Fragrant Hill Hospital

References

1. 2011年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码：河东区 (in Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. Retrieved 2013-08-08.
2. shi, Guo wu yuan ren kou pu cha ban gong; council, Guo jia tong ji ju ren kou he jiu ye tong ji si bian = Tabulation on the 2010 population census of the people's republic of China by township / compiled by Population census office under the state; population, Department of; statistics, employment statistics national bureau of (2012). Zhongguo 2010 nian ren kou pu cha fen xiang, zhen, jie dao zi liao (Di 1 ban. ed.). Beijing Shi: Zhongguo tong ji chu ban she. ISBN 978-7-5037-6660-2.