Gaochun District

Gaochun
Gaochun; 高淳区; Kaoshun
	District
	Gaochun Location in Jiangsu
	Coordinates: 31°21′29″N 118°57′34″E
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Jiangsu
Sub-provincial city	Nanjing
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Subdivisions of Nanjing, Jiangsu
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
	City Proper
1	Xuanwu
2	Qinhuai
3	Jianye
4	Gulou
5	Yuhuatai
6	Qixia
	Suburban
7	Jiangning
8	Pukou
9	Luhe
	Rural
10	Lishui
11	Gaochun

Gaochun District (simplified Chinese: 高淳区; traditional Chinese: 高淳區; pinyin: Gāochún Qū), formerly Gaochun County (高淳县; 高淳縣; Gāochún Xiàn) until January 2013, is one of 11 districts of Nanjing, the capital of Jiangsu province, China. The southernmost of Nanjing's districts, bordering the province of Anhui to the south and west, it spans an area of 802 km² (310 sq mi), with a total population of 430,000.

Culture

Gaochun is known for its traditional style shopping area known as Gaochun Old Street. The local language is a dialect of Wu Chinese, unlike much of Nanjing that speaks a southern variation of Mandarin. There are many delicious foods in Gaochun. The crabs of Gucheng lake are big and in good quality. There is a crab festival every autumn, usually at the end of September to celebrate the harvest of crabs by which many tourists are attracted. Tofu in Gaochun is very famous for its delicious taste. Gaochun is full of ponds which usually have lotus in. So it has a very beautiful view of colours lotus in summers. Meanwhile, it produces much fresh and delicious lotus seed, lotus root, lotus stem, etc.

Administrative divisions

There are nine towns that fall under the jurisdiction of Gaochun District. They are:

Chunxi (淳溪镇)
Qiqiao (漆桥镇)
Yaxi (桠溪镇)
Yangjiang (阳江镇)
Gucheng (固城镇)
Dongba (东坝镇)
Dingbu (定埠镇)
Gubai (古柏镇)
Zhuanqiang (砖墙镇)

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