{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2015}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Caidian | native_name = {{nobold|{{lang|zh-hans|蔡甸区}}}} | official_name = | settlement_type = District | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 4301XX | image_skyline = Lotus Lake of Caidian.jpg | image_caption = Lianhua Lake (Lotus Lake) in Caidian District | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 9 | mapframe-point = none | pushpin_map = China Hubei | pushpin_label = Caidian | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Hubei | parts_type = Township-level (4th) subdivisions | parts = 12 | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = People's Republic of China | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = Hubei | subdivision_type2 = Sub-provincial city | subdivision_name2 = Wuhan | subdivision_type3 = Subdivisions | subdivision_name3 = | area_footnotes = <ref name="stats yearbook">{{cite web|title=Wuhan Statistical Yearbook 2010|url=http://www.whtj.gov.cn/documents/tjnj2010.pdf|publisher=Wuhan Statistics Bureau|access-date=31 July 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111105213243/http://www.whtj.gov.cn/documents/tjnj2010.pdf|archive-date=5 November 2011|df=dmy-all}}p. 15</ref> | area_total_km2 = 1108.10 | population_footnotes = <ref>{{Cite web |title=China: Húbĕi (Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/china/hubei/admin/ |access-date=2024-11-22 |website=www.citypopulation.de}}</ref> | population_total = 930,818 | population_as_of = 2020 | population_density_km2 = 371 | coordinates_footnotes = <ref>{{Google maps|url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Caidian,+Wuhan,+Hubei/@30.5977307,114.0250133,12z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x342951e6c89c7ccf:0xa944523e6780c1d9 |title=Caidian|accessdate=2014-07-02}}</ref> | coordinates = {{coord|30.5977|N|114.0250|E|region:CN-42|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | elevation_ft = | elevation_m = | timezone = China Standard | utc_offset = +8 | website = {{URL|www.caidian.gov.cn}} }}
'''Caidian District''' ({{zh|s=蔡甸区|p=Càidiàn Qū}}) is one of 13 urban districts that constitute the prefecture-level city of Wuhan, the capital of Hubei Province, China, forming part of the city's southwestern suburbs and situated on the northwestern (left) bank of the Yangtze River. On the left bank it borders the districts of Dongxihu to the north, Hanyang to the northeast, and Hannan to the south; on the opposite bank, Jiangxia and Hongshan. It also borders Xiaogan to the northwest and Xiantao to the southwest.
==Introduction==
The District of Caidian is situated along a tributary of the Yangtze river. There are karaoke bars, open markets and swathes of local shops from start-ups to well known chains. There is a main supermarket in the high street and a few Western-style bakeries. The town is fast developing due to globalization. There are numerous hospitals and schools in the town. A local specialty is hot, spicy beef noodles, which is boiled in large cauldrons. Some residents achieve notable academic success, attending local universities within Wuhan, such as Wuhan university, a top ten university in China.{{Citation needed|date=December 2017}}
Lotus grows in the small lakes within the towns and are managed by government workers. Chinese New Year is a popular time for the town with many fireworks being sold and lit. Bus services to Wuhan city are excellent and affordable.{{Citation needed|date=December 2017}}
==Geography==
The eastern half of the district is dominated by urban land. There are scattered patches of forest throughout the district. The southern tip of the district has a large rural settlement. There is a thin forest corridor that stretches from the northern part of the district to the southern tip. This is broken up by water, and in the center, urban land. The district is broken up by bodies of waters and rivers. Most of the land is arable land for farming.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://en.cnki.com.cn/Article_en/CJFDTOTAL-AHNY200828057.htm | title=Research on Calculation Models for Urban Land Grading Index Based on GIS Dimensional Analysis Method--《Journal of Anhui Agricultural Sciences》2008年28期 | access-date=5 December 2014 | archive-date=8 December 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141208095505/http://en.cnki.com.cn/Article_en/CJFDTOTAL-AHNY200828057.htm | url-status=dead }}</ref>
===Administrative Divisions===
Caidian District implemented many changes in administrative division organization after the 2010 Census. Among the changes, Suohe Town has become Suohe Subdistrict. Caidian District currently administers eight subdistricts, two administrative committees, one township and one farm:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://zjcd.caidian.gov.cn/info/iList.jsp?tm_id=67|title=行政区划 (translation: Administrative Divisions)|language=zh|publisher=武汉市蔡甸区信息中心 (translation: Caidian District, Wuhan Information Center)|quote="蔡甸区辖蔡甸、奓山、永安、侏儒、大集、张湾、索河、玉贤8个行政街，洪北农业示范区管委会、成功管委会2个管委会和消泗乡及桐湖农场。" (translation: Caidian District administers Caidian, Zhashan, Yong'an, Zhuru, Daji, Zhangwan, Suohe and Yuxian, in all eight administrative subdistricts; Hongbei Agricultural Model Administrative Committee and Chenggong Administrative Committee, in all two administrative committees; as well as Xiaosi Township and Tonghu Farm.)|access-date=18 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171224101417/http://zjcd.caidian.gov.cn/info/iList.jsp?tm_id=67|archive-date=24 December 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.xzqh.org/html/show/hb/15284.html |title=蔡甸区历史沿革 (translation: The Historical Development of Caidian District)|language=zh|publisher=行政区划网站 (translation: Administrative Divisions Website)|quote="2010年第六次人口普查，蔡甸区常住总人口618994人，其中：蔡甸街道146138人，奓山街道46008人，永安街道26989人，侏儒街道47326人，大集街道29532人，张湾街道28674人，沌口街道181575人，军山街道26531人，索河镇21544人，玉贤镇15417人，消泗乡13251人，桐湖办事处2314人，洪北管委会3585人；（蔡甸经济开发区）沌口办事处13139人，常福办事处6966人，文岭办事处827人，姚家山办事处9178人。" (abbreviated translation: In 2010{...}, Caidian District{...} Caidian Subdistrict{...}, Zhashan Subdistrict{...}, Yong'an Subdistrict{...}, Zhuru Subdistrict{...}, Daji Subdistrict{...}, Zhangwan Subdistrict{...}, Zhuankou Subdistrict{...}, Junshan Subdistrict{...}, Suohe Town{...}, Yuxian Town{...}, Xiaosi Township{...}, Tonghu Office{...}, Hongbei Administrative Committee, (Caidian Economic Development District) Zhuankou Office{...}, Changfu Office{...}, Wenling Office{...} and Yaojiashan Office{...}.)|date=26 December 2014|access-date=18 December 2017}}</ref><ref name="statscd">{{cite web|url=http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjsj/tjbz/tjyqhdmhcxhfdm/2016/42/01/420114.html|title=2016年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码：蔡甸区|trans-title=2016 Statistical Area Numbers and Rural-Urban Area Numbers: Caidian District|website=中华人民共和国国家统计局信息网|language=zh|publisher=中华人民共和国国家统计局 National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China |quote=统计用区划代码 名称 420114001000 蔡甸街道办事处 420114002000 奓山街道办事处 420114003000 永安街道办事处 420114004000 侏儒山街道办事处 420114005000 大集街道办事处 420114006000 张湾街道办事处 420114070000 沌口街办事处 420114071000 军山街道 420114072000 沌阳街道办事处 420114100000 索河镇 420114101000 玉贤镇 420114200000 消泗乡 420114400000 桐湖办事处 420114401000 洪北管委会 420114404000 武汉市蔡甸区后官湖生态宜居新城管理委员会 420114405000 蔡甸经济开发区凤凰山事处 420114406000 成功现代都市农业发展区管理委员会 420114407000 武汉蔡甸经济发开区管理委员会|date=2016|access-date=18 April 2018}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" ! Name !! Chinese (S) !! Hanyu Pinyin |- | Caidian Subdistrict || {{linktext|蔡甸|街道}} || Càidiàn Jiēdào |- | Zhashan Subdistrict || {{linktext|奓山|街道|}} || Zhāshān<ref name="adocc">{{cite book|editor=Chinese Academy of Social Sciences|editor-link=Chinese Academy of Social Sciences|script-title=zh:现代汉语词典 |trans-title=A Dictionary of Current Chinese |edition=Seventh |date=1 September 2016|publisher=The Commercial Press |isbn=978-7-100-12450-8|page=1640|location= Beijing|quote=奓 Zhā 奓山,山名,又地名,都在湖北。{...} (translation: Zha Zhā Zhashan, mountain name, also a location name, all/both in Hubei Province.{...})}}</ref><ref>""奓 (zhā) 地名用字。湖北有奓山。"(Translation: Zha (zhā) Character used in location names. Hubei has Zhashan.)"{{cite book|script-title=zh:辭海第六版 |trans-title=Cihai |edition=Sixth |date=September 2009|publisher=Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House |isbn=9787532628599|page=2863 }}</ref> Jiēdào |- | Yong'an Subdistrict || {{linktext|永安|街道|}} || Yǒng'ān Jiēdào |- | Zhuru Subdistrict || {{lang|zh|{{linktext|侏儒|街道|}}}} || Zhūrú Jiēdào |- | Daji Subdistrict || {{linktext|大集|街道}} || Dàjí Jiēdào |- | Zhangwan Subdistrict || {{linktext|张湾|街道}} || Zhāngwān Jiēdào |- | Suohe Subdistrict || {{linktext|索河|街道}} || Suǒhé Jiēdào |- | Yuxian Subdistrict || {{linktext|玉贤|街道}} || Yùxián Jiēdào |- | Hongbei Agricultural Model Administrative Committee || {{linktext|洪北|农业示范区管委会}} || Hóngběi Nóngyè Shīfàn Qū Guǎnwěihuì |- | Chenggong Administrative Committee || {{linktext|成功|管委会}} || Chénggōng Guǎnwěihuì |- | Xiaosi Township || {{linktext|消泗|乡}} || Xiāosì Xiāng |- | Tonghu Farm || {{linktext|桐湖|农场}} || Tónghú Nóngchǎng |}
==History==
Some local residents remember when the Japanese marched through Caidian town. Anti-Japanese television shows are played on television to this day.{{Citation needed|date=December 2017}}
'''Suohe Town'''
This town contains a weaving mill.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.chinascout.net/company-caidian-suohe-weaving-mill-wuhan-36614 | title=Wuhan CAIDIAN SUOHE Weaving mill | Wuhan | China | CHINA SCOUT }}</ref>
'''Lakes'''
The following lakes are present in the district:
* Houguan lake
Recently a walkway was built across the lake to improve accessibility. Housing developers are banned from building within 50 meters of this structure.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://english.wh.gov.cn/publish/english/2013-11/23/1201311231559210131.html |title=English Wuhan |access-date=5 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141208093205/http://english.wh.gov.cn/publish/english/2013-11/23/1201311231559210131.html |archive-date=8 December 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Xiaozha lake * Guanlian lake * Chenhu lake * Wanjia lake * Zhushan lake
'''Shimao Carnival Business Center Theme Park'''
This will be the largest indoor theme park in China, and is set to be complete by 2015. It has cost $0.7 billion and stretches over 8 million square meters. It will be located by Houguan Lake. It will have the following themes:<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://en.hubei.gov.cn/news/newslist/201309/t20130911_468833.shtml | title=China's largest indoor theme park starts construction in Caidian, Wuhan | access-date=5 December 2014 | archive-date=10 December 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141210232204/http://en.hubei.gov.cn/news/newslist/201309/t20130911_468833.shtml | url-status=dead }}</ref>
''Ice Age, Heaven Town, Warriors Forest, Rainbow Continent, and DreamWorks''
'''Crimes Against Humanity'''
In 2000 it was reported in Caidian that local officials drowned a baby. The baby was held and submerged in the water of a paddy field. The baby was then thrown in a toilet.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150329055813/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-18749207.html HighBeam]</ref>
'''Bee Mystery'''
On 5 June 2014 it was discovered that 2.4 million bees had died in the district. The cause of this was a mystery,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://eminenttimes.wordpress.com/mass-animals-deaths-2014/ |title=Mass Animals Deaths 2014 |access-date=5 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222193128/https://eminenttimes.wordpress.com/mass-animals-deaths-2014/ |archive-date=22 December 2014 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> though it was suspected that the cause was pesticides.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://yamkin.wordpress.com/2014/08/01/2-4-million-bees-found-dead-a-mystery-in-caidian-district-china/ | title=2.4 MILLION Bees found dead 'a mystery' in Caidian District, China | date=August 2014 }}</ref>
'''Dead Fish'''
100,000 kilos of fish perished at a fish farm in Caidian in 2007. The cause of this was said to be blue-green algae.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-06/06/content_888155.htm | title=Video: Polluted water killed 100,000 kg fish in Wuhan }}</ref>
'''Tree planting'''
Charities coordinate with local schools to plant trees in the district.<ref>{{Citation |last= |first= |title=Tree Planting Report 2009-2010 |date=2010 |year= |url=https://skoven-i-skolen.dk/sites/skoven-i-skolen.dk/files/migrated/TreePlantingreport_2009-2010.pdf |access-date= |publisher=Panasonic |last2= |first2= |author-link= |author2-link=}}.</ref>
'''Popular Culture'''
Part of the book 'A Corpse's Transmutation' is set in Caidian, where an old man and his son own an inn.<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lgSqRGTP7UoC&q=%27A+Corpse%27s+Transmutation%27&pg=PA109 |title = Collecting the Self: Body and Identity in Strange Tale Collections of Late Imperial China|isbn = 9004142037|last1 = Chiang|first1 = Sing-Chen Lydia|year = 2005| publisher=BRILL }}</ref>
==Climate==
{{Weather box|width=auto |metric first=y |single line=y |collapsed = Y |location = Caidian, elevation {{convert|24|m|ft|abbr=on}}, (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–present) |Jan high C = 8.3 |Feb high C = 11.4 |Mar high C = 16.3 |Apr high C = 22.7 |May high C = 27.3 |Jun high C = 30.4 |Jul high C = 33.2 |Aug high C = 32.8 |Sep high C = 28.9 |Oct high C = 23.3 |Nov high C = 17.1 |Dec high C = 10.8 |Jan mean C = 4.1 |Feb mean C = 7.0 |Mar mean C = 11.6 |Apr mean C = 17.8 |May mean C = 22.7 |Jun mean C = 26.3 |Jul mean C = 29.3 |Aug mean C = 28.6 |Sep mean C = 24.2 |Oct mean C = 18.5 |Nov mean C = 12.0 |Dec mean C = 6.5 |Jan low C = 1.0 |Feb low C = 3.6 |Mar low C = 7.9 |Apr low C = 13.7 |May low C = 18.8 |Jun low C = 23.0 |Jul low C = 26.2 |Aug low C = 25.4 |Sep low C = 20.7 |Oct low C = 14.9 |Nov low C = 8.4 |Dec low C = 3.3 |Jan record high C = 21.2 |Jan record low C = -11.2 |Feb record high C = 29.2 |Feb record low C = -6.5 |Mar record high C = 33.2 |Mar record low C = -2.2 |Apr record high C = 33.7 |Apr record low C = 1.7 |May record high C = 36.2 |May record low C = 8.4 |Jun record high C = 36.7 |Jun record low C = 12.8 |Jul record high C = 38.7 |Jul record low C = 19.1 |Aug record high C = 39.6 |Aug record low C = 15.4 |Sep record high C = 37.6 |Sep record low C = 10.5 |Oct record high C = 34.3 |Oct record low C = 2.6 |Nov record high C = 30.7 |Nov record low C = -2.9 |Dec record high C = 23.0 |Dec record low C = -9.2 |year high C = |year low C = |year high F = |year low F = |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 52.5 |Feb precipitation mm = 66.4 |Mar precipitation mm = 91.0 |Apr precipitation mm = 137.5 |May precipitation mm = 160.6 |Jun precipitation mm = 212.9 |Jul precipitation mm = 255.5 |Aug precipitation mm = 106.3 |Sep precipitation mm = 71.3 |Oct precipitation mm = 65.9 |Nov precipitation mm = 58.2 |Dec precipitation mm = 31.7 |Jan humidity = 76 |Feb humidity = 76 |Mar humidity = 75 |Apr humidity = 74 |May humidity = 74 |Jun humidity = 78 |Jul humidity = 76 |Aug humidity = 77 |Sep humidity = 77 |Oct humidity = 77 |Nov humidity = 77 |Dec humidity = 74 |unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm |Jan precipitation days = 9.6 |Feb precipitation days = 10.1 |Mar precipitation days = 12.6 |Apr precipitation days = 11.2 |May precipitation days = 12.7 |Jun precipitation days = 12.0 |Jul precipitation days = 11.3 |Aug precipitation days = 9.5 |Sep precipitation days = 8.0 |Oct precipitation days = 8.8 |Nov precipitation days = 9.3 |Dec precipitation days = 7.5 |year precipitation days = |Jan sun = 100.6 |Feb sun = 98.7 |Mar sun = 123.6 |Apr sun = 150.5 |May sun = 161.7 |Jun sun = 155.6 |Jul sun = 203.6 |Aug sun = 212.3 |Sep sun = 167.1 |Oct sun = 150.6 |Nov sun = 132.8 |Dec sun = 119.0 |year sun = | Jan percentsun = 31 | Feb percentsun = 31 | Mar percentsun = 33 | Apr percentsun = 39 | May percentsun = 38 | Jun percentsun = 37 | Jul percentsun = 48 | Aug percentsun = 52 | Sep percentsun = 46 | Oct percentsun = 43 | Nov percentsun = 42 | Dec percentsun = 38 | year percentsun = |Jan snow days = 4.1 |Feb snow days = 2.1 |Mar snow days = 0.8 |Apr snow days = 0 |May snow days = 0 |Jun snow days = 0 |Jul snow days = 0 |Aug snow days = 0 |Sep snow days = 0 |Oct snow days = 0 |Nov snow days = 0.3 |Dec snow days = 1.3 |year snow days = |source 1 = China Meteorological Administration<ref name="cma graphical">{{cite web |url=http://data.cma.cn/data/weatherBk.html |script-title=zh:中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data |publisher=China Meteorological Administration |language = zh-hans |access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref><ref> {{cite web|url=https://experience.arcgis.com/template/e724038fda394e9d9b7921f10fd1aa55/page/%E7%BA%AF%E8%A1%A8%E6%A0%BC%E7%BB%9F%E8%AE%A1-(%E5%AF%B9%E6%AF%948110%E5%8F%98%E5%8C%96)/?org=UQmaps |script-title=zh:中国气象数据网|publisher=China Meteorological Administration |language = zh-hans | access-date =28 May 2023 |title=Experience Template }}</ref> }}
== Transport == Line 4 of Wuhan Metro is serving Caidian District.
== Infrastructure == Caidian District has been chosen by the Wuhan City authorities to construct a temporary 1000 bed hospital named Huoshenshan Hospital to cope with the Wuhan coronavirus in January 2020.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-01/24/c_138731107.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200124101019/http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-01/24/c_138731107.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 January 2020|title=China Focus: Wuhan to follow Beijing's SARS treatment model in new coronavirus control - Xinhua {{!}} English.news.cn|website=www.xinhuanet.com|access-date=2020-01-28}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/01/24/799158296/china-hurriedly-building-quarantine-center-in-effort-to-contain-wuhan-virus|title=China Hurriedly Building Quarantine Center In Effort To Contain Wuhan Virus|website=NPR.org|date=24 January 2020|language=en|access-date=2020-01-28|last1=Feng|first1=Emily|last2=Neuman|first2=Scott}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sg.news.yahoo.com/china-coronavirus-rush-wuhan-build-054124962.html|title=China coronavirus: rush is on in Wuhan to build treatment centre for up to 1,000 patients|website=sg.news.yahoo.com|language=en-SG|access-date=2020-01-28|archive-date=28 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200128145635/https://sg.news.yahoo.com/china-coronavirus-rush-wuhan-build-054124962.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Four state owned civil engineering firms are developing the site.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />
==Gallery== <gallery mode="packed" heights="160"> File:Junshan Bridge-2.jpg|Junshan Yangtze Bridge Caidian District Principal Arch File:Huoshenshan Hospital sign.jpg|alt=|Road sign near the Huoshenshan Hospital File:Caidian Square Station (2).jpg|alt=|Caidian Square station, Line 4 of Wuhan Metro File:蔡甸广场 - panoramio.jpg|alt=|Caidian Square before reconstruction (before 2017) File:Caidian Square.jpg|alt=|Caidian Square before reconstruction (before 2017) </gallery>
== References == {{Reflist}}
{{County-level divisions of Hubei}}
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