Wangyuehu 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 ...

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 ...

Hunan Hunan (, ; ) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the South Central China region. Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze watershed, it borders the province-level divisions of Hubei to the north, Jiangxi to ...

, China. The subdistrict has an area of with a permanent population of about 52,000 (as of 2015). The subdistrict has six communities under its jurisdiction.

History

The subdistrict was part of ''Yuewen Township'' () in 1949. The subdistrict of Yingwanlu () was established in 1956 and it was renamed to the present name in 1988. The two communities of ''Zhongnan'' () and ''Xingling'' () were

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located in Gaotangling of Wangcheng District, which were under jurisdiction of Wangyuehu Subdistrict. On December 6, 2017, the two communities were transferred to Gaotangling Subdistrict of Wangcheng District from Yuelu District.中南、湘陵社区顺利移交望城区管理
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Geography

The subdistrict of Wangyuehu is located to the south of the

Longwanggang River Longwanggang River () is a left-bank tributary of the Changsha section of Xiang River in Hunan Province, China. The river has two source streams, the north and south sources. Leifeng River is the north source stream, which rises in Liaojiaping. The ...

, east of ''Wanqiao Road'' (), north of ''Juzizhou Bridge'' () and ''Fenglin Road'' (), adjacent to the

Xiang River The Xiang River is the chief river of the Lake Dongting drainage system of the middle Yangtze, the largest river in Hunan Province, China. It is the 2nd largest tributary (after Min River) in terms of surface runoff, the 5th largest tributar ...

. It is bordered by Yinpenling to the north, Xihu to the west and

Juzizhou Juzizhou Subdistrict () is a subdistrict of Yuelu District in Changsha, Hunan, 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 o ...

to the south.

Subdivisions

;6 communities: * Hudong Community () * Huzhong Community () * Ronghua Community () * Ronglong Community () * Yingwanzhen Community () * Yuelong Community ()

References

External links

Official Website （Chinese / 中文）
{{Divisions of Yuelu District, Changsha Yuelu District Subdistricts of Changsha