Huiji District
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Huiji District formerly Mangshan District (邙山区), is a district
District (China)
The term district, in the context of China, is used to refer to several unrelated political divisions in both ancient and modern China....

 of Zhengzhou
Zhengzhou
Zhengzhou , is the capital and largest city of Henan province in north-central China. A prefecture-level city, it also serves as the political, economic, technological, and educational centre of the province, as well as a major transportation hub for Central China...

, Henan
Henan
Henan , is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the central part of the country. Its one-character abbreviation is "豫" , named after Yuzhou , a Han Dynasty state that included parts of Henan...

, China
China
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Located south of the Yellow River
Yellow River
The Yellow River or Huang He, formerly known as the Hwang Ho, is the second-longest river in China and the sixth-longest in the world at the estimated length of . Originating in the Bayan Har Mountains in Qinghai Province in western China, it flows through nine provinces of China and empties into...

 and north of Zhongyuan
Zhongyuan District
Zhongyuan District is a district in the western part of the city of Zhengzhou in Henan Province, People's Republic of China. The city government is located in this district....

 and Jinshui
Jinshui District
Jinshui District is a district in Zhengzhou city, Henan Province. The District is 242.2 square km, in which the urban area is 58 square km. The total population is 1.01 million, in which the urban population is 865 thousand....

, much of Huiji lies outside Zhengzhou's urban area and is overall still an agricultural area, though many upper-class villas
Villa
A villa was originally an ancient Roman upper-class country house. Since its origins in the Roman villa, the idea and function of a villa have evolved considerably. After the fall of the Roman Republic, villas became small farming compounds, which were increasingly fortified in Late Antiquity,...

 and townhouse
Townhouse
A townhouse is the term historically used in the United Kingdom, Ireland and in many other countries to describe a residence of a peer or member of the aristocracy in the capital or major city. Most such figures owned one or more country houses in which they lived for much of the year...

 complex are located here due to its relatively pristine environment. It has an area of and a population of 232.8 square kilometers and a population of 269,561, making it Zhengzhou's least densely populated district.

There are many tourist attractions located just south of the Yellow River, including Mount Mang, Huayuankou
Huayuankou
Huayuankou is a town in Huiji District, used to be a ferry of the Yellow River in Zhengzhou, Henan, China.It has an area of 39 square kilometers and a population of 15,000....

, Fujing Ecological Garden, Dahe village, and the Yellow River Wetland Protected Area, as well as the proposed Zhengzhou Wildlife Park.

Administrative divisions

Huiji has six subdistricts
Subdistrict (China)
The subdistrict , is one of the smallest political divisions of China. It is a form of township-level division which is typically part of a larger urban area, as opposed to a discrete town surrounded by rural areas, or a rural townships known as a xiang .In general, urban areas are divided into...

 and two towns
Town (China)
When referring to political divisions of China, town is the standard English translation of the Chinese 鎮 . It is a fourth-level administrative unit, i.e...

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  • Subdistricts:
    • Xincheng (新城街道)
    • Liuzhai (刘寨街道)
    • Laoyachen
      Laoyachen
      Laoyachen is a subdistrict, formerly town, of Huiji District in Zhengzhou, Henan, China.It has an area of 16.75 square kilometers and a population of 18,735....

       (老鸦陈街道)
    • Changxinglu (长兴路街道)
    • Yingbinlu (迎宾路街道)
    • Dahulu (大河路街道)
  • Towns:
    • Guxing (古荥镇)
    • Huayuankou
      Huayuankou
      Huayuankou is a town in Huiji District, used to be a ferry of the Yellow River in Zhengzhou, Henan, China.It has an area of 39 square kilometers and a population of 15,000....

      (花园口镇)

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