Chengxi District (Chinese: 城西区; pinyin: Chéngxī Qū; lit. 'city west district') is one of four districts of the prefecture-level city of Xining, the capital of Qinghai Province, Northwest China.

Chengxi 城西区
District
Location of Chengxi
Coordinates:
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Qinghai
Prefecture-level city	Xining
Area
• Total	52.98 km2 (20.46 sq mi)
Population	242,627
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)

It covers the western part of Xining's built-up conurbation. It has over 200 000 residents (2004). Ethnically, most are Han; there are also Hui, Tibetan, Tujia, etc. - 26 in all.

Administration

District executive, legislature and judiciary are in the Xiguan Avenue Subdistrict (西关大街街道), together with the CPC and PSB branches. (Executive or People's Government is addressed : May Fourth Avenue, 810001).

Subdistricts

Aside of Xiguan Avenue, the district oversees another five Street Committees and one Town:

• Guchengtai (古城台街道)
• Hutai (虎台街道)
• Shengli Rd (胜利路街道)
• Nanchuan West Rd (南川西路街道)
• Pengjiazhai Town (彭家寨镇)

See also

• List of administrative divisions of Qinghai

Notes and references

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