Gaochun District (), formerly Gaochun County () 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 , 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 the Xuanzhou dialect of Wu Chinese, unlike the rest of Nanjing, where mostly Lower Yangtze Mandarin is spoken.

Administrative divisions

There are 8 towns that fall under the jurisdiction of Gaochun District. They are:

• Chunxi ()

• Qiqiao ()

• Yaxi ()

• Yangjiang ()

• Gucheng ()

• Dongba ()

• Gubai ()

• Zhuanqiang ()

• Former towns

• Dingbu () - is former town which is merged to other.

Climate

Education

• Jiangsu Gaochun High School (1923)

References

External links

• Gaochun Official Government Website

• http://www.xzqh.org/quhua/32js/0125gc.htm