Gulou

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 鼓樓／鼓楼 (Gǔlóu).

Gulou

1. A district of Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
   • [1942 August, P. Frank Price, “A Notable Issue of The Chinese Christian Intelligencer”, in The Presbyterian Survey‎, volume 32, number 8, Presbyterian Church in the United States, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 368, column 2:

     The Christian hospital, University Hospital at Kulou, Nanking, was described as going on with its medical and evangelistic work, a most interesting feature of which was the work for the reclamation through faith and prayer of narcotic addicts, conducted by Mr. Glazier of the China Inland Mission.]

   • [1972, Theodore Shabad, “The Lower Yangtze Plain”, in China's Changing Map‎, New York: Frederick A. Praeger, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 140:

     The city’s main thoroughfare, Chungshanlu, traverses the walled area from Siakwan to the Chungshan hills, east of Nanking. It passes the Kulou district, an area of parks and residences, and Hsinchiehkow, the central business district.]

   • 1990, Barrett L. McCormick, “Elections to Local People's Congresses”, in Political Reform in Post-Mao China: Democracy and Bureaucracy in a Leninist State‎, University of California Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 138:

     At the time of the elections (1980) Nanjing was subdivided into three suburban counties (xian) and nine urban districts (qu). This portion of this chapter will focus on election work in two of those districts, Baixia and Gulou. Gulou district, with a population of about 300,000, is Nanjing’s largest district and is located in the center of the city.

   • 2004, “Nanjing Gulou University Science Park”, in Building a Successful Plant in China‎, Singapore: China Knowledge Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 273:

     Nanjing Gulou University Science Park (NGUSP) is jointly initiated by Nanjing University (NJU) and the government of Gulou District of Nanjing.

2. A district of Kaifeng, Henan, China.