Yunyan District

Yunyan District (simplified Chinese: 云岩区; traditional Chinese: 雲岩區; pinyin: Yúnyán Qū) is one of 6 urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Guiyang, the capital of Guizhou Province, China. Yunyan has been the provincial seat of Guizhou since it was established as a province during the Ming dynasty.^[1] Yunyan has a majority Han population, and is home to other ethnic groups such as Miao, Bouyei, Hui, and Shui.^[1]

Yunyan 云岩区
District
Yunyan Location of the seat in Guizhou Show map of Guizhou Yunyan Yunyan (Southwest China) Show map of Southwest China
Coordinates (Yunyan District government): 26°36′17″N 106°43′28″E
Country	China
Province	Guizhou
Prefecture-level city	Guiyang
Area
• Total	94 km2 (36 sq mi)
Population  (2010)
• Total	957,535
• Density	10,187/km2 (26,380/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)

History

Yunyan belonged to the Shunyuan Military Monitoring Department during the Yuan dynasty, and later the Guizhou Military Monitoring Department during the Ming dynasty.^[1] Since Guizhou's establishment as a province during the Ming dynasty, Yunyan has been the seat of the province.^[1] In August 1955, Guiyang's first district was renamed to Yunyan District, and its second district was renamed Fushui District. In 1958, Fushui was merged into Yunyan.^[1]

Administrative divisions

Yunyan District comprises 17 subdistricts and 1 town:^[2]

subdistricts

• Dayinglu Subdistrict 大营路街道
• Qianlingdonglu Subdistrict 黔灵东路街道
• Wenchangge Subdistrict 文昌阁街道
• Yanwujie Subdistrict 盐务街街道
• Putuolu Subdistrict 普陀路街道
• Bageyan Subdistrict 八鸽岩街道
• Yuxiulu Subdistrict 毓秀路街道
• Weiqingmen Subdistrict 威清门街道
• Shixihe Subdistrict 市西河街道
• Touqiao Subdistrict 头桥街道
• Sanqiaolu Subdistrict 三桥路街道
• Mawang Subdistrict 马王街道
• Jinguan Subdistrict 金关街道
• Chayuanlu Subdistrict 茶园路街道
• Yanghui Subdistrict 杨惠街道
• Yu'an Subdistrict 渔安街道
• Shuidonglu Subdistrict 水东路街道

town

• Qianling Town 黔灵镇