Lixia, Jinan

Lixia 历下区
District
Jinan CBD Baotu Spring Liberation Pavilion Chaoran Pagoda Thousand Buddha Mountain Kuanhouli Daming Lake Quancheng Square Jinan Olympic Sports Center
Lixia Location in Shandong
Coordinates: 36°39′58″N 117°04′40″E
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Shandong
Capital City	Jinan
Area
• Total	100.87 km2 (38.95 sq mi)
Population  (2020)
• Total	784,900
• Density	7,800/km2 (20,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	250014
Jinan district map	Subdivisions of Jinan, Shandong 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Core 1 Lixia 2 Shizhong 3 Huaiyin 4 Tianqiao Suburban and rural 5 Licheng 6 Changqing 7 Pingyin Co. 8 Jiyang Co. 9 Shanghe Co. 10 Zhangqiu City

Lixia District (Chinese: 历下区; pinyin: Lìxià Qū) is one of 10 urban districts of the prefecture-level city and the capital of Jinan, the capital of Shandong Province, a sister city of Sacramento (the capital of California), forming part of the Jinan's urban core, where the CBD of Jinan located. The GDP (PPP) per capita reached US$56,429 (by 2023), surpassing Italy, France and the United Kingdom, and exceeding most of developed countries.

History

Lixia was named in 770 B.C. (during the Spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period), belonged to Qi State, since it down to the Mt. Lishan so the meaning of its name is Li (Mt. Lishan) Xia (Down). Then it was named Lixia District in September 1955.

Administrative divisions

As 2012, this district is divided to 13 subdistricts.

Subdistricts

Jiefanglu Subdistrict (解放路街道) Qianfoshan Subdistrict (千佛山街道) Baotuquan Subdistrict (趵突泉街道) Quanchenglu Subdistrict (泉城路街道) Daminghu Subdistrict (大明湖街道) Dongguan Subdistrict (东关街道) Wendong Subdistrict (文东街道)

Jianxin Subdistrict (建新街道) Dianliu Subdistrict (甸柳街道) Yanshan Subdistrict (燕山街道) Yaojia Subdistrict (姚家街道) Longdong Subdistrict (龙洞街道) Zhiyuan Subdistrict (智远街道)