Louxing District () is the only urban

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and the seat of Loudi Prefecturel-level City, Hunan Province, China. Located in northeastern part of Loudi, it is in the place across three prefecturel-level cities of Loudi,

Changsha Changsha (; ; ; Changshanese pronunciation: (), Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is the capital and the largest city of Hunan Province of China. Changsha is the 17th most populous city in China with a population of over 10 million, an ...

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Xiangtan Xiangtan () is a prefecture-level city in east-central Hunan province, south-central China. The hometowns of several founding leaders of the Chinese Communist Party, including Chairman Mao Zedong, President Liu Shaoqi, and Marshal Peng Dehuai, a ...

, the Lian River flows it west to east. Louxing District is bordered to the west by Ningxiang County, to the east by Xiangxiang City, to the southeast by

Shuangfeng County Shuangfeng County () is a county in Hunan Province, China, it is under the administration of Loudi prefecture-level City. Located on the east central part of the province, it is adjacent to the southeast of the city proper of Loudi. The county ...

, to the southwest and the west by Lianyuan City. The district covers {an area of with a population of 668,300 (as of 2017). Louxing District has seven

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, five

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under its jurisdiction, the government seat is ''Louxing Community'' () of Changqing Subdistrict. the divisions and population of Louxing District in 2015, according to the result on adjustment of township-level administrative divisions of Louxing District on November 23, 2015 - 《湖南省民政厅关于同意娄星区乡镇区划调整方案的批复》(湘民行发〔2015〕65号)
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History

From

Song dynasty The Song dynasty (; ; 960–1279) was an imperial dynasty of China that began in 960 and lasted until 1279. The dynasty was founded by Emperor Taizu of Song following his usurpation of the throne of the Later Zhou. The Song conquered the rest ...

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, the place of modern district of Louxing was a part of ''Chang'an Town'' () in Xiangxiang County. The township of ''Chang'an'' was divided into two townships of ''Chang'an'' and ''Shentong'' () in 1896. The township of ''Shentong'' was reorganized to ''Shentong Town'' in 1912 (). Xiangxiang was divided into ten districts in 1930, the modern district of Louxing was a part of the 9th district. Through the adjustment and amalgamation of subdivisions of Xiangxiang County in 1934, there were four townships of ''Fengle'' (), ''Yunxia'' (), ''Leshan'' () and ''Yanfu'' () in the region of modern Louxing. There were four townships of ''Fengle'', ''Yunxia'', ''Leshan'' and ''Yanfu'', and the ''town of Loudi'' () in the region of modern Louxing in 1949. The district of ''Louxing'' is originally the ''

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of Loudi'' was formed by seven communes from ''Lianyuan County'' (the modern Lianyuan City) in January 1961, which was under the administration of ''Shaoyang Prefecture'' (). The ''county-level city of Loudi'' ceased to be a separate city and was merged with Lianyuan in October 1962. ''Lianyuan Prefecture'' () was formed from part of ''Shaoyang Prefecture'' in September 1977, its seat was ''Loudi Town'' () in ''Lianyuan County''. The ''county-level city of Loudi'' was reformed and was the seat of ''Lianyuan Prefecture'' in July 1980. ''Lianyuan Prefecture'' was renamed to ''Loudi Prefecture'' () named after its seat in December 1982. The ''Loudi Prefecture'' ceased to be as a prefecture, it was replaced by the ''prefecture-level city of Loudi'', meanwhile the ''county-level city of Loudi'' was renamed to ''Louxing District'' on January 20, 1999. Shuidongdi Town from Lianyuan City and Shexingshan Town from Shuangfeng County were transferred to Louxing District on January 24, 2017. The district of Louxing covers an area of with a population of 668,300 (as of 2017). It has 16 towns, five townships and seven subdistricts under jurisdiction.湖南省民政厅湘民行发〔2017〕2号 se
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Subdivisions

Shuidongdi Town from Lianyuan City and Shexingshan Town from

were transferred to Louxing District on January 24, 2017. It has five towns, one township and seven subdistricts under jurisdiction. ;7 subdistricts * Changqing () *

Dabuqiao Dabuqiao Subdistrict () is a subdistrict in Louxing District of Loudi City, Hunan Province, People's Republic of China. Administrative division The subdistrict is divided into 25 villages and 1 community, the following areas: * Nanshi Community ...

() * Dake () * Huangnitang () *

Huashan Mount Hua () is a mountain located near the city of Huayin in Shaanxi, Shaanxi Province, about east of Xi'an. It is the "Western Mountain" of the Sacred Mountains of China, Five Great Mountains of China and has a long history of religious sign ...

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Leping Leping () is a county-level city in the northeast of Jiangxi province, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Jingdezhen. Administrative divisions Leping City has 2 subdistricts, 14 towns and 2 townships. ;2 subdist ...

() * Lianbin () ;5 towns *

Shanshan Shanshan (; ug, پىچان, Pichan, Piqan) was a kingdom located at the north-eastern end of the Taklamakan Desert near the great, but now mostly dry, salt lake known as Lop Nur. The kingdom was originally an independent city-state, known in ...

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Shexingshan Shexingshan () is a rural town in Louxing District of Loudi, Hunan, China. It has an area of with a population of 68,300 (as of 2017). The town has 37 villages and a community under its jurisdiction. History Two villages of Zimu () and Gutang () ...

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Shijing The ''Classic of Poetry'', also ''Shijing'' or ''Shih-ching'', translated variously as the ''Book of Songs'', ''Book of Odes'', or simply known as the ''Odes'' or ''Poetry'' (; ''Shī''), is the oldest existing collection of Chinese poetry, co ...

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Shuidongdi Shuidongdi () is a rural town in Louxing District of Loudi, Hunan, China. It has an area of with a population of 40,943 (as of 2010 census). The town has 24 villages and a community under its jurisdiction. The town was transferred from Lianyuan ...

() * Wanbao () ;a township * Shuangjiang ()

Tourist attraction

Shima Park Shima Park () is a public urban park in Loudi, Hunan, China. It covers an area of . Located in Louxing District, Shima Park is bordered by Xiangyin West Street on the South, Xiushi Street on the West, Yuetang Street on the North, and Xinxing Middl ...

a renowned botanical garden and scenic spot integrating scientific research & popularization and tourism in Louxing District.

External links

Official Website

References

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