Juzizhou Subdistrict () is a subdistrict of

Yuelu District Yuelu District () is one of six urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Changsha, the capital of Hunan Province, China. It is the 4th most populous district (after Heshan, Dingcheng and Yueyanglou Districts) in Hunan. The district is bo ...

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, China. It is historically the ''Shuiluzhou Subdistrict'' () formed in 1950s. The subdistrict has an area of with a permanent resident population of about 168,000 (as of 2017). The subdistrict has two villages and eight communities under its jurisdiction. The subdistrict of Juzizhou is located on the east side of Yuelu Mountain and on the west bank of

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. It starts from the

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in the east and reaches the Yuelu Mountain ridge in the west, connects to the South Campus of Hunan Normal University in the south, and reaches the ''Juzizhou Bridge'' () and ''Fenglin No.1 Road'' () in the north. There are Yuelu Mountain,

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in Changsha'' (), ''Hunan Academy of Chinese Medicine'' (), the ''Changsha Research Institute of Mining and metallurgy'' (), Hunan provincial Agency of Democratic Parties, and the ''Fourth Hospital of Changsha'' () and other health research institutions.

History

The subdistrict of Juzizhou was originally called ''Shuiluzhou Subdistrict'' (). It was designated as Yuelu District in the early 1950s. In 1953, the ''Minzhu Jianzheng Subdistrict'' () was transferred from Yuelu District to the ''West District'' (). in March 1960, the ''Xianfeng People's Commune'' () was established in the West District and the ''Shuiluzhou Office'' () was named to the ''sixth branch'' () of ''Xianfeng People's Commune''. In September 1961, the urban people's commune was revoked and the name of Shuiluzhou Office was restored. In 1968, the ''isle of Shuilu'' (''Shuilu Zhou'') was renamed to

(''Juzi Zhou''), and the subdistrict of Juzizhou was established in the Orange Isle. In 1972, the subdistrict was transferred to Yuelu District from the West District. In 1975, the districts of Yuelu and West were amalgamated to form West District, which was under the jurisdiction of the West District. Adjusting districts in July 1996, the West District () was abolished, it was replaced by Yuelu District, the subdistrict was under the jurisdiction of Yuelu District. At the beginning of its establishment, the subdistrict's office was located at No.10, Juzhou Xincun Village (north of the Juzizhou Bridge), and it was co-located with the police station. When the ''Juzizhou Bridge'' () was built in 1970, its office of the district was demolished. In 1972, its office was moved to No.88, ''Juzhou Zhongcun Village'' (), south of the branch bridge (borrowed from

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). In September 1993, its office was moved from the

to No.99 ''Xinmin Road'' () on the west bank of

. The office building was started in 1992 and covered an area of 1.5 mu () with a building area of . In 2001, ''Yuelu Fishery Farm'' () was merged into the subdistrict. In February 2002, its office was moved from ''Xinmin Road'' to the office building of Yuelu Fishery Farm. In 2008, its office was moved to the ''Fubuhe Road'' (), and the new office building has a construction area of .

Subdivisions

The subdistrict of Juzizhou has eight communities and two villages under its administration. ;8 communities (): * Baziqiang Community () * Houhu Community () * Shida Community () * Shimenlou Community () * Tianfeng Community () * Xinminlu Community () * Xuetangpo Community () * Yuenancun Community () ;2 villages (): * Houhu Xincun Village () * Tianma Village ()

External links

Official Website （Chinese / 中文）

References

{{Divisions of Yuelu District, Changsha Yuelu District Subdistricts of Changsha