Heping District (Chinese: 和平区; pinyin: Hépíng Qū; lit. 'peace district') is one of ten districts of the Chinese sub-provincial city of Shenyang, the capital of the Northeastern province of Liaoning. It borders the districts of Huanggu to the north, Shenhe to the east, Dongling to the southeast, Sujiatun to the south, and Tiexi and Yuhong to the west.

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Heping 和平区
District
Statue of Mao Zedong in Zhongshan Square
Heping Location in Liaoning
Coordinates: 41°45′14″N 123°22′56″E[1]
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Liaoning
Sub-provincial city	Shenyang
Area [2]
• Total	60 km2 (20 sq mi)
Population  (2010)
• Total	700,992
• Density	12,000/km2 (30,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	110001~110006
Shenyang district map	Subdivisions of Shenyang, Liaoning 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 9 Core 1 Heping 2 Shenhe 3 Dadong 4 Huanggu 5 Tiexi Suburban 6 Sujiatun 7 Hunnan 8 Shenbei 9 Yuhong Satellite 13 Xinmin Rural 10 Liaozhong Co. 11 Kangping Co. 12 Faku Co.

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Northeast Electricity, China Post, railways, other such industrial hubs and many media outlets such as Liaoning Radio and Television, Shenyang Radio and Television as well as the Shenyang Daily newspaper are also located in this district.

All Nippon Airways has its Shenyang Office in Tower 2 of City Plaza Shenyang in the district.^[3]

Heping District is also the core area for many political institutions in the Northeast, including CPC Liaoning Provincial Committee, headquarters of the Northern Theater Command (previously the Shenyang Military Region), General Logistics Department and the consulates-general of the United States,^[4] Japan, South Korea, North Korea and other countries.

Heping District administers the following 10 subdistricts:^[5]

• Hunhewan Subdistrict [zh]
• Xinhua Subdistrict [zh]
• Maluwan Subdistrict [zh]
• Nanhu Subdistrict [zh]
• Changbai Subdistrict [zh]
• Taiyuan Street Subdistrict [zh]
• Beishichang Subdistrict [zh]
• Nanshichang Subdistrict [zh]
• Shenshuiwan Subdistrict [zh]
• Hunhezhan West Subdistrict [zh]

The district, better known as the downtown, sprung up around Shenyang Railway Station (known locally as the "South Station" in contrast to the "North Station" in Shenhe District), the former hub of the South Manchurian Railway.

Heping District has all manner of commercial businesses that are brightly neon-lit at night, centered around Taiyuan Street (太原街; Taìyuán Jīe), one of the most famous shopping districts in Northeast China. At the center of the district is Zhongshan Square (中山广场; Zhōngshān Guǎngchǎng), which features one of China's largest statues of Chairman Mao—a record of the era of the Cultural Revolution. Northwest of Zhongshan Square lies the West Pagoda Korean Neighborhood or Koreatown. Many of the boulevards in this area are lined of very large ginkgo trees, which become golden in color and produce their distinctive fruits in autumn.

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