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.

The local language is the Xuanzhou dialect of Wu Chinese, unlike the rest of Nanjing, where mostly Lower Yangtze Mandarin is spoken.

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

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