Huanggu, Shenyang

Huanggu District (Chinese: 皇姑区; pinyin: Huánggū Qū) is one of ten districts of the prefecture-level city of Shenyang, the capital of the Chinese province of Liaoning.

It borders Shenbei New Area to the north, Dadong to the east, Shenhe to the southeast, Heping to the south, Tiexi to the southwest, and Yuhong to the west.

Although the Chinese characters used to write the name of the district mean "royal aunt", the name is actually a transliteration of Fiyanggū  [zh] (Manchu: ᡶᡳᠶᠠᠩᡤᡡ, Chinese: 費揚武, 1605–1643), the Manchu Prince Jian of the First Rank whose tomb was in the area.Huanggu District hosts the seat of the Provincial Government of Liaoning.

Huanggu has twelve subdistricts:[4] The main campus of the Liaoning University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (LNUTCM) is in this district.

[5] The district is the site of Beiling park, the large historical mausoleum of Qing dynasty emperor Huang Taiji, as well as the Liaoning Mansion Hotel.

Huanggu District Government Headquarters as of 2012