Liangyuan District () is one of the two districts of the city of

Shangqiu Shangqiu (), alternately romanized as Shangkiu, is a city in eastern Henan province, Central China. It borders Kaifeng to the northwest, Zhoukou to the southwest, and the provinces of Shandong and Anhui to the northeast and southeast respectivel ...

Henan Henan (; or ; ; alternatively Honan) is a landlocked province of China, in the central part of the country. Henan is often referred to as Zhongyuan or Zhongzhou (), which literally means "central plain" or "midland", although the name is al ...

province. The name Liangyuan, or "the garden of Liang", follows from the name

Prince Xiao of Liang Liu Wu (刘武) (–144 BC), posthumous name, posthumously named Prince Xiao of Liang, was a Han dynasty, Han kings of the Han Dynasty, prince. He was a son of Emperor Wen of Han, Emperor Wen and Empress Xiaowen of Han, Empress Xiaowen, ...

, who built the garden around 154 BC centered in the area of nowadays Shangqiu. At present, Liangyuan district hosts the government of Shangqiu city.

Administrative divisions

As 2012, this district is divided to 10 subdistricts, 3 towns and 7 townships. ;Subdistricts ;Towns * Xieji () * Shuangba () * Zhangge () ;Townships

References

County-level divisions of Henan Shangqiu {{Henan-geo-stub